tart

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/tɑɹt/

noun 4adj 3verb 3name 1

Collocations

(noun.) open pie

ADJ

fruit, jam, treacle | apple, strawberry, etc.

VERB + TART

make

(noun.) woman

ADJ

cheap, little

VERB + TART

look like

She didn't want to look like a tart, so she chose a more conservative outfit for the interview.

call sb

She was upset when her ex-boyfriend called her a tart in front of their friends.

Definitions

adj

Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

I ate a very tart apple.

High or too high in acidity.

Sharp; keen; severe.

He gave me a very tart reply.

noun

A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).

A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).

noun

A prostitute.

Any woman with loose sexual morals.

We know the majority of the places that these tarts will hang out at.

In the garden I was playing the tart / I kissed your lips and broke your heart

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

adjective — harsh

sharp
sharp-worded

adjective — tasting sour like a lemon

lemony
lemonlike
sourish
tangy

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I ate a very tart apple.

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He gave me a very tart reply.

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We know the majority of the places that these tarts will hang out at.

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In the garden I was playing the tart / I kissed your lips and broke your heart

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The NYU [New York University] tarts and the club slime, the art holes and the once-a-week bridge-and-tunnel leatherettes, the spikes and the usual dregs and walking garbage, Eel was giving them all th

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After I pick some blueberries, I make a tart.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, tart is marked as figuratively, slang, derogatory, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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