Tart

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A pastry shell with shallow sides, no top crust, and any of various fillings.
  • noun. A pie.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A prostitute.
  • noun. A woman considered to be sexually promiscuous.
  • transitive verb. To dress up or make fancy in a tawdry, garish way. Often used with up.
  • adjective. Having a sharp pungent taste; sour. synonym: sour.
  • adjective. Sharp or bitter in tone or meaning; cutting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A pie or piece of pastry, consisting generally of fruit baked in paste. Compare pie.
  • To make acid or piquant.
  • Sharp to the taste; acidulous: as, a tart apple.
  • Figuratively, sharp; keen; severe; cutting; biting: as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.
  • Synonyms Sour, caustic. See tartness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
  • adjective. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe
  • noun. A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
  • adjective. Of wine: high or too high in acidity.
  • adjective. Sharp; keen; severe.
  • noun. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
  • noun. (slang) A prostitute.
  • noun. (slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
  • verb. To practice prostitution
  • verb. To practice promiscuous sex
  • verb. To dress garishly or ostentatiously
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  • noun. a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
  • adjective. tasting sour like a lemon
  • noun. a small open pie with a fruit filling
  • adjective. harsh
  • Word Usage
    "The word tart comes from the Latin word _tortus_, because tarts were originally in twisted shapes, and every country seems to have adopted them into their national menus."
    Equivalent
    sour  unpleasant  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Art  Bart  Carte  Descartes  Hart  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    tarted  tarting  tartness  tarts