Tart

Quick meaning: Tart is an adjective meaning Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

Meaning

Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

More Meanings

1. (of wine) High or too high in acidity.
2. (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
3. A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).
4. (British, slang) A prostitute.
5. To practice prostitution.
6. 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).
7. (slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.

Example Sentences

I ate a very tart apple.

He gave me a very tart reply.

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

Word Forms

• tarter
• tartest
• tarts
• tarting
• tarted

Synonyms for tart

Depending on context, synonyms include green, sharp, harlot, whore, trollop, sour.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sour, sourish, tangy, trollop, whore, harlot.

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