shark bait
/ˈʃɑɹkbeɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Holden's heart was loud enough to deafen him. He couldn't go against a mage of the power. No one could, no one could ever survive. One word and he was shark-bait."
- "I usually tried to cheer Pete up; this time he was dragging me down with him into his bottomless depths of despair. I simply could not accept the general newsroom consensus that Ryan was shark bait."
- "When Ian informed Will that it was his turn for shark-bait position, he was told, "You know, Lyssa came in second in chess club, but she lost to Seth Birnbaum in the final." By unspoken agreement, Luke, Ian, and Charla stopped asking Will to take his turn dangling in the ocean."
- "Suddenly I realized they were all sharks, big ones, and very much alive! I was shark bait and began swimming as hard as I could for shore, making little headway, before remembering to ask God for protection and strength. He enabled me to relax and swim slowly."
- "The meeting formed a committee to investigate and make recommendations to 'counteract the shark menace'. […] [T]he committee […] suggested that 'drastic penalties could be inflicted on surfers who bathed at dangerous hours or swam out far enough to earn the title of "shark bait"'."
- "Near-synonym: chum"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃɑɹkbeɪt/
- British English: /ˈʃɑːkbeɪt/