Meanings
nounsharknado (plural sharknados or sharknadoes)
plural sharknados · plural sharknadoes
- humoroususuallyfictionA tornado containing sharks.
But just as the big three TV networks amassed a giant audience in the 20th century, then lost it to cable and the internet, the appeal of bringing the entire world into one big group chat might be over. This is the way a phenomenon ends — not with a sharknado but a whimper.
2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times
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sharknado. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharknado
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“sharknado.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharknado. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharknado,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharknado.
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