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Meaning of shark baiter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark, baiter.
A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore; shark bait.
Australia, colloquial

Examples

“1912, Arthur Wright, Rung In, pages 34-5, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, It might be only some foolhardy ‘shark baiter’ as he heard the more adventuresome of the bathers called.”

“1964, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) Division of Fisheries, et al., Fisheries Newsletter, Volume 23, page 26, Solitary bathers are more often attacked than groups, Mr. Whitley says, but the “shark-baiter” farthest offshore is not necessarily the one selected.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Shark Bay Shark Bay mallee shark catfish shark fin shark fin soup Shark Island