Meaning of sharkie | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

Examples

“We also set⟳ a shark line, baiting it with a bonito head. "Get⟳ a sniff at that, little sharkies", said Dave, as he lowered the fragrant mess over the side.”

“Most of the levels have⟳ moving parts - things like⟳ lifts, or little sharkies swimming on and off the screen waiting to eat⟳ you up, or swinging cranes and rolling barrels ready to knock⟳ you over and squash you flat.”

“The sharks coast inward, slowly. The DOORS open⟳, splitting into halves lined with steel teeth, like⟳ that of a shark. / JUNI / Back to sleep⟳. Good little sharkies...”

“>Apparently, this guy […] devoted his >life to demonstrating […] that one could, in fact, stand⟳ in >chum-baited water surrounded by dozens of feeding sharks in perfect >safety. […] there's a thesis that's going to need⟳ a tiny bit of revision […] (as in fact, the shark […] revised *him* a bit, to the tune⟳ of a nice big chunk of his calf,[…]). Food for thought for the little sharkie too. How come⟳ I didn't do that before?”

““Okay. Sharkslayer declares this is a shark-free zone. Patrol’s over. Back to the party!” Oscar was just about to swim⟳ away when a shadow passed overhead. He looked up. Above him were two great whites. He quickly zipped back under the blade of kelp. Please⟳ go by, he thought. Please⟳ go by, little sharkies . . . “Lenny!” one of the sharks called.”

““This is a big island with a lot of sharks swimming around it, anxiously waiting to sing⟳ the ‘lookie, lookie, lookie, here comes a cookie’ song,” Onray said. / “I’ve heard the little sharkies are not discriminative in their taste⟳ of cookie.””

“Lured by the blood, they attacked the whale timidly at first, but then more fiercely until every shark tore off bits of the whale and devoured them. At last⟳, the whale stopped squealing and with a final flip of its tail, became still. “Can you believe⟳ it,” whispered Richards under his breath. “My little sharkies have⟳ come⟳ to rescue⟳ us.””

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