tart Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
    fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore.
  2. noun a small open pie with a fruit filling
  3. noun a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
  4. adjective satellite tasting sour like a lemon
    tangy; lemonlike; sourish; lemony.
  5. adjective satellite harsh
    sharp; sharp-worded.
    • sharp criticism
    • a sharp-worded exchange
    • a tart remark

WordNet

Tart adjective
Etymology
AS. teart. *63. Cf. Tear, v. t.
Definitions
  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 noun
Etymology
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 L. tortus, p.p. of torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape.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.
Definitions
  1. A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

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