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tart

1

[ tahrt ]

adjective

, tart·er, tart·est.
  1. sharp to the taste; sour or acid:

    Tart apples are best for pie.

    Synonyms: piquant, acrid, astringent

    Antonyms: mellow, bland, sugary, sweet

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

    a tart remark.

    Synonyms: acrimonious, acerbic, caustic, barbed, sarcastic

    Antonyms: benign, gracious, gentle, kind, sweet



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

/ tɑːt /

noun

  1. informal.
    a promiscuous woman, esp a prostitute: often a term of abuse See also tart up


tart

2

/ tɑːt /

noun

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

tart

3

/ tɑːt /

adjective

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

    a tart remark

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Derived Forms

  • ˈtarty, adjective
  • ˈtartish, adjective
  • ˈtartly, adverb
  • ˈtartishly, adverb
  • ˈtartness, noun

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Other Words From

  • tartish adjective
  • tartish·ly adverb
  • tartly adverb
  • tartness noun

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Word 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 “defiance”

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of tart1

C19: shortened from sweetheart

Origin of tart2

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

Origin of tart3

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

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Example Sentences

These unique cookies are slightly chewy, with a deep, earthy flavor from the rye — and then you get a burst of fresh tart fruit that makes you want to take another bite.

The candymaker receives heaps of fan theories every day—from tart lemon to smooth vanilla—but no one has gotten it right.

They had delicious planked steak and rhubarb tart in Salt Lake City, but bad fried chicken and awful pie in Winnemucca, Nevada, was the beginning of a sad coda to their journey.

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Native bees also boost tart cherries and blueberries and dominate pumpkins.

Dessert is a slice of melt-in-your-mouth treacle tart with a dollop of perfectly tart clotted cream.

She is routinely dismissed by Madrid wits as “a Danish tart.”

It was a candy-colored teen comedy that cut the usual sugar-sweetness with tart dialogue and sharp writing.

In schnaps, however, Subirer aromas are transformed into those of a caramelized pear tart, buttery, baked, and entirely pleasant.

They taste of red and black berries, currants, cranberries, strawberries, mulberries and cherries, tart and sweet.

Well, for once Mrs. Robin almost said something tart to the old gentleman.

After this, knobs of cheese are handed round on a plate, and there is a talk of a tart somewhere at some end of the table.

Next a great dish of roasted fowl, cost me about 30s., and a tart, and then fruit and cheese.

The peach tart was a form of pie with golden-looking sauce peeping up between crisscross strips of rich puff paste.

When Sweep learned that, his kindly heart was touched; he gave Little Sweep the whole plum cake and kept but one tart for himself.

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