[tahrt] 
,| 1. | sharp to the taste; sour or acid: tart apples. |
| 2. | sharp in character, spirit, or expression; cutting; caustic: a tart remark. |
[tahrt] | 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 promiscuous woman. |
| 4. | tart up, Slang. to adorn, dress, or decorate, esp. in a flamboyant manner: The old restaurant was tarted up to look like a Viennese café. |
| tart 1 (tärt) adj. tart·er, tart·est
[Middle English, from Old English teart, severe; see der- in Indo-European roots.] tart'ly adv., tart'ness n. |
| tart 2 (tärt) n.
To dress up or make fancy in a tawdry, garish way. Often used with up. [Middle English tarte, from Old French, perhaps alteration of tartane, from Late Latin torta, a kind of bread.] |