shark bite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a hemline that curves inward in a deep, symmetrical vee.

Word forms

shark bite shark-bite sharkbite

Etymology

From the resemblance of the hemline to an object which has had a large chunk bitten off by a shark.

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