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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.vrankحامِضкиселostrý, kyselýsyrligsauerδριμύς, αψύςácidohapukasترشhapansurחמוץखट्टाkiseo, oporfanyar (ízű)getirsúr og beiskuracerbo; agroすっぱい시큼한, 신랄한aštrus, rūgštusskābs; skāņšmasamzuurbesk, surcierpkiazedoacruкислый, терпкийostrý, kyslýrezekkiselkastsyrligซึ่งมีรสจัดekşi辛辣的，尖刻的кислийترش، کھٹاcay, chát, chua辛辣的，尖刻的

adv ˈtartly

vrankبِحامِضِيَّهкиселоkyselesyrligtsauerαπότομαácidamentehapukaltبا ترشیhappamastiaigrementבְּחָרִיפוּתखट्टेपन से, तीखेपन सेkiselo, oporoélesen, mogorván, udvariatlanuldengan getirbeisklegaacerbamente; acidamenteしんらつに신랄하게aštriaiasi; dzēlīgidgn kata-kata pedasscherpskarpt, besktcierpkoazedamenteacruтерпкоkyslorezkokiselkastosyrligtอย่างเผ็ดร้อนekşice刻薄地кислоترشي سےcay, chát, chua刻薄地

n ˈtartness

vrankheidحامِضِيَّهкиселостkyselost, ostrostsyrligheddie Säureδριμύτηταacidezhapukusترش مزه گیhappamuusaigreurעוֹקצָנוּתखट्टापन, तीखापनkiselost, oporostfanyarság, udvariatlanság, mogorvaságkegetiranbeiskjaasprezza; aciditàすっぱさ신랄함aštrumasasums; dzēlīgumskepedasan kata-katazuurachtigheidbeskhet, surhetcierpki smakazedumeacrealăтерпкостьkyslosť, ostrosťostrostkiselkastostsyrlighetความเผ็ดร้อนekşilik辛辣кислотністьترشيsự cay, chát, chua辛辣