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tart¹ (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.

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

tartly adv.

tartness n.

tart² (tärt)

a. A pastry shell with shallow sides, no top crust, and any of various fillings.

b. Chiefly British A pie.

a. A prostitute.

b. A woman considered to be sexually promiscuous.

tr.v. tart·ed, tart·ing, tarts Chiefly British

To dress up or make fancy in a tawdry, garish way. Often used with up.

[Middle English tarte, from Old French, perhaps alteration of tartane, from Late Latin torta, a kind of bread.]

tart¹

(Cookery) a pastry case often having no top crust, with a sweet filling of fruit, jam, custard, etc.

[from Old French tarte, of uncertain origin; compare Medieval Latin tarte]

tart²

adj

1. (of a flavour, food, etc.) sour, acid, or astringent

2. cutting, sharp, or caustic a tart remark

[Old English teart rough; related to Dutch tarten to defy, Middle High German traz defiance]

tartish adj

tartishly adv

tartly adv

tartness n

tart³

Informal a promiscuous woman, esp a prostitute: often a term of abuse See also tart up

[shortened from sweetheart]

tarty adj

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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"

tart¹

noun pie, pastry, pasty, tartlet, patty a slice of home-made tart

tart²

adjective

1. sharp, acid, sour, bitter, pungent, tangy, astringent, piquant, vinegary, acidulous, acerb a slightly tart wine
sharp sweet, sugary, honeyed, syrupy, toothsome

2. cutting, biting, sharp, short, wounding, nasty, harsh, scathing, acrimonious, barbed, hurtful, caustic, astringent, vitriolic, trenchant, testy, mordant, snappish, mordacious The words were more tart than she had intended.
cutting kind, gentle, pleasant, delightful, agreeable

tart³

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) He said I looked like a tart.

tart something up (Informal) do up, decorate, refurbish, renovate (informal), do over (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), fix up (informal), modernize, smarten up, give something a facelift (informal) They prefer to tart up their stations than improve their services.

tart yourself up (Informal) do yourself up, doll yourself up (informal), smarten yourself up, beautify yourself, make yourself up, preen yourself, titivate yourself (informal) She ran to the loo to tart herself up.

Translations

tart¹ [tɑːt] ADJ

1. (= sour) [flavour, fruit] → ácido, agrio

2. (fig) [expression, remark] → áspero

tart² [tɑːt] N

1. (Culin) (large) → tarta f; (small) → pastelillo m
jam tart → tarta f de mermelada

2. (= prostitute) → puta f, furcia f (Sp) (pej) (= promiscuous woman) → fulana f

tart up VT + ADV (Brit) [+ house] → pintar, remodelar, renovar
to tart o.s. up → vestirse y pintarse

tart [ˈtɑː^rt]

(COOKERY) (large) → tarte f; (small) → tartelette f
an apple tart → une tarte aux pommes
jam tarts → des tartelettes à la confiture

(British) (pejorative) (= woman) → poule f >

adj

(= sharp) [flavour] → aigre

(= acid) [remark, reply, comment] → acide

tart up

[+ house, room] → retaper

to tart o.s. up → se mettre sur son trente et un
to get tarted up → se mettre sur son trente et un

tart¹

adj (+er)

flavour, wine → herb, sauer (pej); fruit → sauer

(fig) remark, manner → scharf; person → schroff

tart²

n (Cook) → Obstkuchen m, → Obsttorte f; (individual) → Obsttörtchen nt; apple tart → Apfelkuchen m → /-törtchen nt; jam tart → Marmeladenkuchen m → /-törtchen nt

tart³

n (Brit inf: = prostitute) → Nutte f (inf); (= loose woman) → Flittchen nt (pej inf); (pej: = woman) → Schachtel f (inf)

tart¹ [tɑːt] adj (fruit, flavour) → aspro/a, agro/a (fig) (remark) → caustico/a

tart up vt + adv (Brit) (fam) → agghindare
to tart o.s. up, get tarted up → farsi bello/a (pej) → agghindarsi

tart¹ [tɑːt] adj (fruit, flavour) → aspro/a, agro/a (fig) (remark) → caustico/a

tart up vt + adv (Brit) (fam) → agghindare
to tart o.s. up, get tarted up → farsi bello/a (pej) → agghindarsi

tart² [tɑːt] n

a. (Brit) (Culin) (large) → crostata; (individual) → crostatina

b. (fam, offensive) (woman) → puttana (fam!)

tart² [tɑːt] n

a. (Brit) (Culin) (large) → crostata; (individual) → crostatina

b. (fam, offensive) (woman) → puttana (fam!)

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 kirpeä sur חמוץ खट्टा kiseo, opor fanyar (ízű) getir súr og beiskur acerbo; agro すっぱい 시큼한 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 tartly

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 tartness

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

tart²

n tart [taːt]

1 a pie containing eg fruit or jam an apple tart. pastei فَطيرَه مَحْشُوَّه плодов пай ovocný koláček tærte; -tærte der Obstkuchen τάρτα tarta, pastel (puuvilja)pirukas شیرینی مربایی torttu tarte עוּגַת פֵּירוֹת टार्ट फल का बना हुआ छोटा पतला केक kolač, pita od voća gyümölcslepény kue tar ávaxtabaka torta タルト 과일 파이 pyragaitis su vaisiniu įdaru augļu pīrāgs tart taart terte placek z owocami torta tartă открытый пирог с фруктами ovocný koláčik kolač pita frukttårta ขนมพายไส้ต่าง ๆ turta 果餡餅 пиріг ايک کھانا جس ميں فروٹ يا جام ملا ہو bánh tạc 果馅饼

2 (slang) a prostitute. tert زانِيَه проститутка coura, běhna, děvka luder die Nutte πόρνη (λαϊκ.) fulana libu فاحشه hutsu putain זוֹנָה वेश्या kurva utcalány, prosti pelacur prostituta 売春婦 매춘부 kekšė, paleistuvė, prostitutė ielasmeita pelacur ludder dziwka шлюха prostitútka pocestnica drolja fnask หญิงโสเภณี orospu （俚）妓女 проститутка طائفہ gái điếm （俚）妓女

tart → تورتة ovocný koláč tærte Obstkuchen τάρτα pastel, tarta torttu tarte tortica crostatina タルト 타트 taartje terte tarta torta пирог mördegstårta ขนมพายไส้ต่างๆ turta bánh táo 果馅饼

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