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tart
/tɑɹt/
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What does tart mean?
adjective
- Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
- High or too high in acidity.
- (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
More meanings (8)
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).
- (slang) A prostitute.
- (derogatory, slang) Any woman with loose sexual morals.
verb
- To practice prostitution.
- To practice promiscuous sex.
- To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
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Then he suddenly sprang forward, picked a tart from the hearth, and pushed it whole into his mouth.
We need books of this tart cathartic virtue, more than books of political science, or of private economy.
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I closed the book, which I dared no longer peruse, and put it on the table, beside the untasted tart.
Not even the occasional tart remarks of his wife, about their nomadic life and his serenity in the midst of discomfort, could ruffle his smooth spirit.