Goat vs. Shark

Goatnoun

A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.

Sharknoun

A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

Goatnoun

(slang) A lecherous man.

Sharknoun

Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.

Goatnoun

(informal) A scapegoat.

Sharknoun

A sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser.

Goatnoun

(slang) A Pontiac GTO car.

Sharknoun

(informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.

Goatnoun

(speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.

Sharknoun

(informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).

Goatverb

(transitive) To allow goats to feed on.

Sharknoun

A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

Goatverb

(transitive) To scapegoat.

Sharkverb

(rare) To fish for sharks.

Goatnoun

A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

Sharkverb

(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.

Goatnoun

any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

Sharkverb

To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Goatnoun

a victim of ridicule or pranks

Sharkverb

To live by shifts and stratagems.

Goatnoun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn

Sharkverb

(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Goatnoun

the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19

Sharknoun

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

Goatnoun

a hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and (in the male) a beard. It is kept for its milk and meat, and noted for its lively behaviour.

Sharknoun

A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.

Goatnoun

a wild mammal related to the goat, such as the ibex.

Sharknoun

Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.

Goatnoun

the zodiacal sign Capricorn or the constellation Capricornus.

Sharkverb

To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Goatnoun

a lecherous man.

Sharkverb

To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

‘Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning.’;

Goatnoun

a stupid person; a fool

‘just for once, stop acting the goat’;

Sharkverb

To live by shifts and stratagems.

Goatnoun

a scapegoat.

Sharknoun

any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

Goat

The domestic goat or simply goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of C. aegagrus domesticated from the wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the animal family Bovidae and the subfamily Caprinae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep.

Sharknoun

a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

Sharknoun

a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways;

‘a card shark’;

Sharkverb

play the shark; act with trickery

Sharkverb

hunt shark

Shark

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays.