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tart ¹  (tärt)

adj. tart·er, tart·est

1. Having a sharp pungent taste; sour. See Synonyms at sour.

2. Sharp or bitter in tone or meaning; cutting.

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[Middle English, from Old English teart, severe; see der- in Indo-European roots.]

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tartly adv.

tartness n.

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tart ¹

Noun

1. a pastry case, often having no top crust, with a sweet filling, such as jam or custard

2. Chiefly US a small open pie with a fruit filling [Old French tarte]

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tart ²

Adjective

1. (of a flavour) sour or bitter

2. sharp and hurtful: he made a rather tart comment [Old English teart rough]

tartly adv
tartness n

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tart ³

Noun

Informal a sexually provocative or promiscuous woman: you look like a tart See also tart up [from sweetheart]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tart - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, whore, woman of the street, working girl call girl - a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone camp follower - a prostitute who provides service to military personnel comfort woman, ianfu - a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II; "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman" demimondaine - a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker, floozie, floozy, hooker - a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets white slave - a woman sold into prostitution adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	2.	tart - a small open pie with a fruit filling quiche - a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables) apple tart - a small open pie filled with sliced apples and sugar lobster tart - a pastry shell filled with cooked lobster tartlet - a small tart usually used as a canape pie - dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
	3.	tart - a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust pastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or batter apple tart - a tart filled with sliced apples and sugar Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Adj.	1.	tart - tasting sour like a lemon lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tangy sour - having a sharp biting taste
	2.	tart - harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark" sharp-worded, sharp unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

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tart ¹

noun pie, pastry, pasty, tartlet, patty

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tart ²

adjective 1. sharp, acid, sour, bitter, pungent, tangy, astringent, piquant, vinegary, acidulous, acerb << OPPOSITE sweet

adjective 2. cutting, biting, sharp, short, wounding, nasty, harsh, scathing, acrimonious, barbed, hurtful, caustic, astringent, vitriolic, trenchant, testy, mordant, snappish, mordacious << OPPOSITE kind

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tart ³

noun (Informal) slut, prostitute, hooker U.S. (slang) whore, slag Brit. (slang) call girl, working girl (facetious), (slang) harlot, streetwalker, loose woman, fallen woman, scrubber Brit., Austral. (slang) strumpet, trollop, floozy (slang) woman of easy virtue, fille de joie (French) hornbag Austral. (slang)

Translations

tart [tɑːt] n (CULIN) → tarta;

(BRIT) (col) (pej) (woman) → fulana

adj [flavour] → agrio, ácido

tart up vt [+ room, building] → dar tono a

tart [tɑːt] n (Culin) → tarte f;

(Brit) (inf) (pej) (= prostitute); poule f

adj [flavour] → âpre, aigrelet(te)

tart up vt (inf);

to tart o.s. up → se faire beau(belle): (pej) → s'attifer

tart [tɑːt] n (Culin) → Torte f;

(000) (small) → Törtchen nt;

(Brit) (inf) (= prostitute); Nutte f

adj [apple, grapefruit etc] → säuerlich

tart up tart (Brit) (inf) vt [+ room, building] → aufmotzen;

to tart o.s. up tart → sich fein machen;

(pej) → sich auftakeln

tart [tɑːt] n (CULIN) → crostata;

(BRIT ) (col) (pej) (woman) → sgualdrina

adj [flavour] → aspro/a, agro/a

tart up vt (col): to tart o.s. up → farsi bello/a;

(pej) → agghindarsi

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tart¹

adj tart [taːt]

sharp or sour in taste These apples taste rather tart. vrank حامِض кисел ostrý, kyselý syrlig sauer δριμύς, αψύς ácido hapukas ترش hapan sur חמוץ खट्टा kiseo, opor fanyar (ízű) getir súr og beiskur acerbo; agro すっぱい 시큼한, 신랄한 aštrus, rūgštus skābs; skāņš masam zuur besk, sur cierpki azedo acru кислый, терпкий ostrý, kyslý rezek kiselkast syrlig ซึ่งมีรสจัด ekşi 辛辣的，尖刻的 кислий ترش، کھٹا cay, chát, chua 辛辣的，尖刻的

adv ˈtartly

vrank بِحامِضِيَّه кисело kysele syrligt sauer απότομα ácidamente hapukalt با ترشی happamasti aigrement בְּחָרִיפוּת खट्टेपन से, तीखेपन से kiselo, oporo élesen, mogorván, udvariatlanul dengan getir beisklega acerbamente; acidamente しんらつに 신랄하게 aštriai asi; dzēlīgi dgn kata-kata pedas scherp skarpt, beskt cierpko azedamente acru терпко kyslo rezko kiselkasto syrligt อย่างเผ็ดร้อน ekşice 刻薄地 кисло ترشي سے cay, chát, chua 刻薄地

n ˈtartness

vrankheid حامِضِيَّه киселост kyselost, ostrost syrlighed die Säure δριμύτητα acidez hapukus ترش مزه گی happamuus aigreur עוֹקצָנוּת खट्टापन, तीखापन kiselost, oporost fanyarság, udvariatlanság, mogorvaság kegetiran beiskja asprezza; acidità すっぱさ 신랄함 aštrumas asums; dzēlīgums kepedasan kata-kata zuurachtigheid beskhet, surhet cierpki smak azedume acreală терпкость kyslosť, ostrosť ostrost kiselkastost syrlighet ความเผ็ดร้อน ekşilik 辛辣 кислотність ترشي sự cay, chát, chua 辛辣