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tart

1

[ tahrt ]

adjective

tarter, tartest.
  1. sharp to the taste; sour or acid:

    Tart apples are best for pie.

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  2. sharp in character, spirit, or expression; cutting; biting:

    a tart remark.

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tart

2

[ tahrt ]

noun

  1. a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
  2. a covered pie containing fruit or the like.
  3. Slang. a prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman.

verb phrase

  1. Slang. to adorn, dress, or decorate, especially in a flamboyant manner:

    The old restaurant was tarted up to look like a Viennese café.

tart

1

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. a pastry case often having no top crust, with a sweet or savoury filling
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tart

2

/ ɑː /

adjective

  1. (of a flavour, food, etc) sour, acid, or astringent
  2. cutting, sharp, or caustic

    a tart remark

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tart

3

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. informal.
    a promiscuous woman, esp a prostitute: often a term of abuse See also tart up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲپ, adverb
  • ˈٲٱ, adverb
  • ˈٲپ, adjective
  • ˈٲٲԱ, noun
  • ˈٲٲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٲi adjective
  • ٲi·ly adverb
  • ٲl adverb
  • ٲn noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tart1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English teart “sharp, rough”; akin to Dutch tarten “to defy,” Middle High German traz “dھԳ”

Origin of tart2

First recorded in 1350–1400; 1905–10 tart 2fordef 3; Middle English tarte, from Middle French; compare Medieval Latin tarta
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tart1

C14: from Old French tarte, of uncertain origin; compare Medieval Latin tarte

Origin of tart2

Old English teart rough; related to Dutch tarten to defy, Middle High German traz defiance

Origin of tart3

C19: shortened from sweetheart
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Example Sentences

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It also works well in pies, tarts and even cakes.

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Many public artworks in Dublin are popularly referred to by rhyming nicknames and for years, the Molly Malone statue was known as "the tart with the cart".

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The berries were deliciously juicy and just the perfect balance of sweet to tart.

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Taste-wise, it is to summer produce what caramel is to sugar, where time and heat condense its essence into a tart, molasses-like chew.

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To mark her 40 years of service, staff presented her with a freshly baked large Manchester tart - once a traditional school dinner dessert on the menu.

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