Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shark baiter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: shark baiter
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark, baiter.

noun

A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore; shark bait.

Australian usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"1912, Arthur Wright, Rung In, pages 34-5, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, It might be only some foolhardy ‘shark baiter’ as he heard the more adventuresome of the bathers called."
"1964, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) Division of Fisheries, et al., Fisheries Newsletter, Volume 23, page 26, Solitary bathers are more often attacked than groups, Mr. Whitley says, but the “shark-baiter” farthest offshore is not necessarily the one selected."

Usage

Inflected Forms

shark baiters (plural)

Questions

What does shark baiter mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark, baiter.

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