sharkette

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noun

An exploitative woman.

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Meanings

nounsharkette (plural sharkettes)

plural sharkettes

  1. informalslangAn exploitative woman.

    A sharp-eyed, flinty-voiced business sharkette.

    2011, Robert Ward, The King of Cards, page 175
    2 more examples

    Cass's lips curved in a full - fledged grin this time. Maybe Mercedes's little sharkette had some plain ordinary child in her, after all.

    1995, Anne Marie Duquette, Finding Father, page 32

    Lorraine Lemoile, cat-eyed sharkette, always with eyes for Ducky.

    2017, Bill Roorbach, The Girl of the Lake: Stories, page 128

Origin

From shark (“someone who exploits others”) + -ette (suffix forming female equivalents).

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APA

sharkette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharkette

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“sharkette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharkette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharkette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharkette.

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