'Tart' definitions:
Definition of 'tart'
(from WordNet)
adjective
adjective
Harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark" [syn: sharp, sharp-worded, tart]
noun
A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street]
noun
A small open pie with a fruit filling
noun
A pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
Definition of 'Tart'
From: GCIDE
- Tart \Tart\, a. [AS. teart. [root]63. Cf. Tear, v. t.]
- 1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke. [1913 Webster]
- Why art thou tart, my brother? --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tart'
From: GCIDE
- 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 L. tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape.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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tart'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- acerb,
- acerbate,
- acerbic,
- acescent,
- acetose,
- acetous,
- acid,
- acidic,
- acidulated,
- acidulent,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- amaroidal,
- astringent,
- bad woman,
- baggage,
- baklava,
- barbed,
- bimbo,
- bitch,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bitter as gall,
- blintz,
- broad,
- caustic,
- chippy,
- chocolate eclair,
- clitoromaniac,
- coarse,
- cocotte,
- corroding,
- corrosive,
- courtesan,
- crab,
- crabbed,
- cream puff,
- crusty,
- cutting,
- cynical,
- Danish pastry,
- double-edged,
- dowdy,
- doxy,
- drab,
- dry,
- easy lay,
- easy woman,
- eclair,
- edged,
- escharotic,
- fallen woman,
- fierce,
- fille de joie,
- flan,
- floozy,
- frail sister,
- French pastry,
- green,
- grisette,
- hard,
- harlot,
- harridan,
- harsh,
- hooker,
- hussy,
- hysteromaniac,
- incisive,
- jade,
- Jezebel,
- keen,
- loose woman,
- mordacious,
- mordant,
- nasty,
- nymph,
- nymphet,
- nympho,
- nymphomaniac,
- pandowdy,
- pastry,
- pasty,
- patisserie,
- patty,
- patty-shell,
- penetrating,
- pickled,
- pickup,
- pie,
- piercing,
- piquant,
- poignant,
- prostitute,
- puff,
- pungent,
- quean,
- quiche,
- rigorous,
- rosette,
- rough,
- sarcastic,
- sardonic,
- satirical,
- scathing,
- scorching,
- sec,
- severe,
- sharp,
- slut,
- sour,
- sour as vinegar,
- soured,
- sourish,
- stabbing,
- stinging,
- streetwalker,
- strident,
- stringent,
- strudel,
- strumpet,
- tangy,
- tartish,
- testy,
- timbale,
- tipsy cake,
- trenchant,
- trifle,
- trollop,
- trull,
- turnover,
- unripe,
- unsweet,
- unsweetened,
- uteromaniac,
- vehement,
- vicious,
- vinegarish,
- vinegary,
- violent,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- vol-au-vent,
- wanton,
- wench,
- whore,
- withering,
- working girl