† sharkingn.¹

Etymology: < shark v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete.

The action of shark v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]

defraudc1450

defraudationc1503

fraudingc1530

defrauding1548

cheateryc1555

cheatingc1555

versing1591

begeckc1600

sharking1602

shaving1606

rooking1635

defraudment1645

emunging1664

prowlerya1670

bilking1687

sharping1692

mace1742

fineering1765

swindling1769

highway robbery1777

macing1811

flat-catching1821

ramping1830

swindlery1833

rigging1846

diddlinga1849

suck-in1856

daylight robbery1863

cooking1873

bunco-steering1875

chousing1881

fiddling1884

verneukery1896

padding1900

verneukering1900

bobol1907

swizzle1913

ramp1915

swizz1915

chizzing1948

tweedling1975

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action

bulling1532

cogging1570

cozening1576

coney-catching1591

fool-taking1592

gulling1600

bat-fowling1602

sharking1602

imposturing1618

mountebanking1672

shamming1677

sharping1692

fineering1765

overreachinga1774

pigeoning1808

flat-catching1821

thimble-shifting1834

thimblerigging1839

strawing1851

thimbling1857

fiddling1884

piking1884

ramping1891

1602 J. Lyly Entertainm. Harefield v, in Wks. (1902) I. 499 If euer I be brought to answere my sinnes, God forgiue me my sharking, and lay vsurie to my charge. I am a Marriner.

1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) lxvii. sig. M8^v His best seruices [are] suspected, as handsome sharking, and tricks to get money.

1674 T. Staveley Romish Horseleech vii. 51 All immaginable shifts, sharking, and tricks were used.

Draft additions December 2002

spec. British slang. The active pursuit of a sexual partner (usually by a man), esp. at a social gathering and in a manner regarded as predatory. Cf. shark v.¹

ΚΠ

1989 Today 16 Mar. 21/1 He has been awarded his ‘sharking’ colours to add to his official college colours in the Queen's College [Cambridge] rugby squad... ‘We give sharking colours for people who go for things in a big way whether it's drinking, womanising or playing hard.’]

1992 Anyone for Sharking? in alt.usage.english (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Feb. The phrase ‘in-group sharking’ was used to describe a lot of the friendly flirting that's been going on in soc.bi recently.

1992 Times (Nexis) 13 Oct. Female freshers [at Oxford] are also warned of rugger-buggers' lascivious attentions, or ‘sharking’.

1997 J-17 Oct. 30 (heading) Sharking, scoping, nabbing, snagging—whatever you call it, try our quiz to find out your style and how to work it to the max.

1999 S. Stewart Sharking viii. 136 ‘So, are you coming home with me then?’ ‘Got any Es?’ At the sniff of a deal, Touchy's sharking snapped to business mode.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

sharkingadj.

/ˈʃɑːkɪŋ/

Etymology: < shark v.¹ + -ing suffix².

a. That ‘sharks’; †that oppresses by extortion (obsolete); that cheats, steals, cadges, or sponges.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [adjective]

writhinga1529

torcenous1532

bloodsucking1548

racking1576

exacting1583

extorting1598

extortious1607

sharking1608

wringing1620

exactious1630

extortionizing1630

extortionable1632

extortioninga1641

extortionous1644

extortive1646

screwing1647

extracting1654

hirudinous1654

rack-renting1779

extortionate1789

extortionary1805

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective] > defrauding or swindling

cheatingc1555

sharking1608

shaving1611

rooking1631

sharping1691

black-legged1761

swindling1774

managed1810

cooked1849

bunco-steering1875

blue sky and hot air1905

blue skies1925

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] > parasitical or sponging

parasiticala1566

smell-feast1566

spongy1602

sharking1608

parasitic1630

sponging1699

coshering1727

scunging1843

freeloading1941

1608 J. Day Humour out of Breath sig. D3^v Asp...Lend me this iewell. Flo. Iewell? away you sharking companion.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 150 That..Harbours the sharking Lawyer for his pence.

1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 157 This Hicks..was a sharking and indigent Fellow.

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. i. iv. 22 Making my fortune a prey to every sharking projector who flattered my vanity with promises of success.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro lxvii Some sharking priest who has come over to proselytise and plunder.

1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. iii. 78 Nothing to be seen under the sun but hypocritical priests, sharking attorneys [etc.].

b. Of a condition, quality, or manner, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective]

sharking1613

bubble1763

swindling1773

1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. 160 Præsaging that rude and sharking life, whereunto this wilde slippes progenie was ordained.

1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 373 The procurator..hath received his reward, being slaine by our hands, for his barbarous sharking Cruelty.

1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 433 We are degenerated into a mean, sharking, fallacious, undermining Way of Converse.

a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1742) II. xxxi. 364 Those miserable and sharking shifts which the foolish virgins were driven to, of begging or borrowing, or buying oil.

1705 J. Dunton Life & Errors iv. 360 They [sc. Parents] shou'd not..put their Children upon any sharking Tricks to supply their wants.

1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (ed. 2) II. vi. ii. 79 His hair..added not a little to his sharking [1809 shirking] demeanour.

†2. Behaving like a shark (the fish).Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. xv. 917 By their Dogges at Land they worried them: and in their Pearle-fishing exposed them to the rauening Sharkes, themselues more dogged and sharking than the bruite creatures.

Derivatives

† ˈsharkingly adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adverb]

sharkingly1659

swindlingly1812

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [adverb]

fraudulently1474

fraudfullyc1480

fraudelously1481

knavishly1481

overreachingly1571

cozeningly1611

mountebankly1619

quacksalvingly1652

imposterously1657

sharkingly1659

upon the sham1689

on the cross1802

quackishly1816

1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Alla-scrócca, sharkingly, shiftingly.

1665 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 49 He..looked sharkingly, having a reddish-blew nose and cheeks of the same colour.

1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 67 From hence it is that the Trade of England is managed..sharkingly by the Traders.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sharking
释义	† sharkingn.¹ Etymology: < shark v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete. The action of shark v.¹ ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] defraudc1450 defraudationc1503 fraudingc1530 defrauding1548 cheateryc1555 cheatingc1555 versing1591 begeckc1600 sharking1602 shaving1606 rooking1635 defraudment1645 emunging1664 prowlerya1670 bilking1687 sharping1692 mace1742 fineering1765 swindling1769 highway robbery1777 macing1811 flat-catching1821 ramping1830 swindlery1833 rigging1846 diddlinga1849 suck-in1856 daylight robbery1863 cooking1873 bunco-steering1875 chousing1881 fiddling1884 verneukery1896 padding1900 verneukering1900 bobol1907 swizzle1913 ramp1915 swizz1915 chizzing1948 tweedling1975 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action bulling1532 cogging1570 cozening1576 coney-catching1591 fool-taking1592 gulling1600 bat-fowling1602 sharking1602 imposturing1618 mountebanking1672 shamming1677 sharping1692 fineering1765 overreachinga1774 pigeoning1808 flat-catching1821 thimble-shifting1834 thimblerigging1839 strawing1851 thimbling1857 fiddling1884 piking1884 ramping1891 1602 J. Lyly Entertainm. Harefield v, in Wks. (1902) I. 499 If euer I be brought to answere my sinnes, God forgiue me my sharking, and lay vsurie to my charge. I am a Marriner. 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) lxvii. sig. M8^v His best seruices [are] suspected, as handsome sharking, and tricks to get money. 1674 T. Staveley Romish Horseleech vii. 51 All immaginable shifts, sharking, and tricks were used. Draft additions December 2002 spec. British slang. The active pursuit of a sexual partner (usually by a man), esp. at a social gathering and in a manner regarded as predatory. Cf. shark v.¹ ΚΠ 1989 Today 16 Mar. 21/1 He has been awarded his ‘sharking’ colours to add to his official college colours in the Queen's College [Cambridge] rugby squad... ‘We give sharking colours for people who go for things in a big way whether it's drinking, womanising or playing hard.’] 1992 Anyone for Sharking? in alt.usage.english (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Feb. The phrase ‘in-group sharking’ was used to describe a lot of the friendly flirting that's been going on in soc.bi recently. 1992 Times (Nexis) 13 Oct. Female freshers [at Oxford] are also warned of rugger-buggers' lascivious attentions, or ‘sharking’. 1997 J-17 Oct. 30 (heading) Sharking, scoping, nabbing, snagging—whatever you call it, try our quiz to find out your style and how to work it to the max. 1999 S. Stewart Sharking viii. 136 ‘So, are you coming home with me then?’ ‘Got any Es?’ At the sniff of a deal, Touchy's sharking snapped to business mode. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). sharkingadj. /ˈʃɑːkɪŋ/ Etymology: < shark v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. a. That ‘sharks’; †that oppresses by extortion (obsolete); that cheats, steals, cadges, or sponges. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [adjective] writhinga1529 torcenous1532 bloodsucking1548 racking1576 exacting1583 extorting1598 extortious1607 sharking1608 wringing1620 exactious1630 extortionizing1630 extortionable1632 extortioninga1641 extortionous1644 extortive1646 screwing1647 extracting1654 hirudinous1654 rack-renting1779 extortionate1789 extortionary1805 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective] > defrauding or swindling cheatingc1555 sharking1608 shaving1611 rooking1631 sharping1691 black-legged1761 swindling1774 managed1810 cooked1849 bunco-steering1875 blue sky and hot air1905 blue skies1925 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] > parasitical or sponging parasiticala1566 smell-feast1566 spongy1602 sharking1608 parasitic1630 sponging1699 coshering1727 scunging1843 freeloading1941 1608 J. Day Humour out of Breath sig. D3^v Asp...Lend me this iewell. Flo. Iewell? away you sharking companion. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 150 That..Harbours the sharking Lawyer for his pence. 1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 157 This Hicks..was a sharking and indigent Fellow. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. i. iv. 22 Making my fortune a prey to every sharking projector who flattered my vanity with promises of success. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro lxvii Some sharking priest who has come over to proselytise and plunder. 1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. iii. 78 Nothing to be seen under the sun but hypocritical priests, sharking attorneys [etc.]. b. Of a condition, quality, or manner, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective] sharking1613 bubble1763 swindling1773 1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. 160 Præsaging that rude and sharking life, whereunto this wilde slippes progenie was ordained. 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 373 The procurator..hath received his reward, being slaine by our hands, for his barbarous sharking Cruelty. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 433 We are degenerated into a mean, sharking, fallacious, undermining Way of Converse. a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1742) II. xxxi. 364 Those miserable and sharking shifts which the foolish virgins were driven to, of begging or borrowing, or buying oil. 1705 J. Dunton Life & Errors iv. 360 They [sc. Parents] shou'd not..put their Children upon any sharking Tricks to supply their wants. 1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (ed. 2) II. vi. ii. 79 His hair..added not a little to his sharking [1809 shirking] demeanour. †2. Behaving like a shark (the fish).Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. xv. 917 By their Dogges at Land they worried them: and in their Pearle-fishing exposed them to the rauening Sharkes, themselues more dogged and sharking than the bruite creatures. Derivatives † ˈsharkingly adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adverb] sharkingly1659 swindlingly1812 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [adverb] fraudulently1474 fraudfullyc1480 fraudelously1481 knavishly1481 overreachingly1571 cozeningly1611 mountebankly1619 quacksalvingly1652 imposterously1657 sharkingly1659 upon the sham1689 on the cross1802 quackishly1816 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Alla-scrócca, sharkingly, shiftingly. 1665 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 49 He..looked sharkingly, having a reddish-blew nose and cheeks of the same colour. 1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 67 From hence it is that the Trade of England is managed..sharkingly by the Traders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmas ˈsharking ˈsharking n.² [formed after fishing, etc.] shark-fishing; also attributive.extracted from sharkv.³ < n.¹1602adj.1608 as lemmas
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† sharkingn.1

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sharkingadj.

Derivatives

> as lemmas

† sharkingn.¹