pert

6 definitions found

pert - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pert \Pert\, a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known,
     true, free, or impudent. See Apert.]
     1. Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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     2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
        "A very pert manner." --Addison.
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              The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.
                                                    --Cowper.
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  Pert \Pert\, v. i.
     To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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pert - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pert
      adj 1: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
             certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn:
             impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy]

pert - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Program Evaluation and Review Technique
  PERT
  
     <programming> (PERT) A method used to size a software product
     and calculate the Standard Deviation (SD) for risk assessment.
     The PERT equation (beta distribution) estimates the Equivalent
     Delivered Source Instructions (EDSIs) and the SD based on
     the analyst's estimates of the lowest possible size, the most
     likely size, and the highest possible size of each computer
     program component (CPC).
  
     (1996-05-29)
  

pert - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  PERT
         Program Evaluation / Evolution and Review Technique
         

pert - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "pert":
     active, activist, activistic, aggressively self-confident, alert,
     alive, animate, animated, arch, arrogant, audacious, bantam,
     biggety, bluff, bold, bouncing, bouncy, brash, brassy, brazen,
     breezy, bright, brisk, bubbly, bumptious, challenging, cheeky,
     cheerful, chesty, chipper, chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, chutzpadik,
     cocky, conceited, contemptuous, crusty, daring, defiant, defying,
     derisive, disdainful, disregardful, disrespectful, ebullient,
     effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, facy, flip, flippant,
     forward, fresh, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep,
     gally, gay, gratuitous, greatly daring, ill-mannered, immodest,
     impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, jaunty, jolly, keen,
     know-it-all, live, lively, malapert, mercurial, militant, nervy,
     nimble, obtrusive, out of line, overwise, peacockish, peacocky,
     peart, peppy, perk, perky, presumptuous, puffed up, quicksilver,
     regardless of consequences, rude, sassy, saucy, self-conceited,
     self-opinionated, smacking, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, snappy,
     spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stuck-up, swelled-headed,
     uncalled-for, uncivil, unmannerly, vivacious, wise-ass, zingy