smooth shark in English

Forms: smooth sharks [present, singular, third-person], smooth sharking [participle, present], smooth sharked [participle, past], smooth sharked [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: In reference to Web cartoonist Brandon Reese, who pursued an argument of this kind with a reader in 2017, repeatedly claiming that sharks have smooth skin. Head templates: {{en-verb}} smooth shark (third-person singular simple present smooth sharks, present participle smooth sharking, simple past and past participle smooth sharked)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "In reference to Web cartoonist Brandon Reese, who pursued an argument of this kind with a reader in 2017, repeatedly claiming that sharks have smooth skin.",
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    {
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smooth sharking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smooth sharked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smooth sharked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "To troll (a person) in a debate by posting continual false rebuttals of their arguments."
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        "(Internet slang) To troll (a person) in a debate by posting continual false rebuttals of their arguments."
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}

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  "etymology_text": "In reference to Web cartoonist Brandon Reese, who pursued an argument of this kind with a reader in 2017, repeatedly claiming that sharks have smooth skin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "smooth sharks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smooth sharking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smooth sharked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smooth sharked",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "smooth shark"
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"smooth shark" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms