shylock

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈʃaɪlɑk/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈʃaɪlɒk/

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• Hyphenation: shy‧lock

Noun

Singular shylock

Plural shylocks

1. (countable); (vulgar); (US) A shylock is a loan shark.

Verb

Plain form shylock

Third-person singular shylocks

Past tense shylocked

Past participle shylocked

Present participle shylocking

1. (transitive); (vulgar); (US) If you shylock, you lend money at extremely high interest rates.

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