tart

[tart]

A tart is small pie filled with fruit or custard, with no top crust, like the cherry tarts you bought at the bakery.

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Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.

Noun
pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust

Noun
a small open pie with a fruit filling

Noun
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

Adjective S.
harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"

Adjective S.
tasting sour like a lemon

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v. t.
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.

v. t.
Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.

n.
A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.


Tart

Tart , a. [AS. teart. 'fb63. Cf. Tear, v. t.] 1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple. 2. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.
Why art thou tart, my brother?

Tart

Tart, n. [OE. tarte, F. tarte; perhaps originally the same word as tourte, LL. torta, fr. L. tortus, p.p. of torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape. Cf. Torture, n.] A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.

A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

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Usage Examples

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I never do any television without chocolate. That's my motto and I live by it. Quite often I write the scripts and I make sure there are chocolate scenes. Actually I'm a bit of a chocolate tart and will eat anything. It's amazing I'm so slim.

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