WORD MEANING
Card shark meaning
KARD SHARK · noun
A person who is very skilled at playing card games, often implying the use of cleverness or trickery.
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A gambler who cheats at card games.
A person who collects or studies playing cards.
A nickname for someone who is good at card tricks or magic.
The term can be used both positively to describe skill and negatively to imply cheating.
Examples
He was known as a card shark who could win any poker game.
The card shark taught me some tricks to improve my game.