About The Word Tart
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Tart
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What's The Definition Of Tart?
[n] (British) pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
[n] (United States) a small open pie with a fruit filling [n] a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [adj] harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark" [adj] tasting sour like a lemon Synonyms | Synonyms for Tart: bawd | cocotte | cyprian | fancy woman | harlot | lady of pleasure | lemonlike | lemony | prostitute | sharp | sharp-worded | sour | sourish | sporting lady | tangy | trollop | unpleasant | whore | woman of the street | working girl Related Terms | Find terms related to Tart: See Also | adult female | apple tart | call girl | camp follower | demimondaine | floozie | floozy | hooker | hustler | lobster tart | pastry | pie | quiche | slattern | street girl | streetwalker | tartlet | white slave | woman Tart In Webster's Dictionary \Tart\, a. [AS. teart. [root]63. 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? --Bunyan.
\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 L. tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape.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. |
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