Definition of tart Tart

/tɑˈɹt/ - [tart] - tart

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Noun

Plural: tarts

tart - a small open pie with a fruit filling
  pie dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
  the states, u.s.a., united states of america, us, america, u.s., united states, usa North America and South America and Central America
  quiche the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche
  apple tart a tart filled with sliced apples and sugar
  lobster tart a pastry shell filled with cooked lobster
tart - a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
  pastry any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
  britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
tart - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street
  adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
  call girl a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone
  camp follower a follower who is not a member of an ingroup
  comfort woman, ianfu a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II; "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman"
  demimondaine a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society
  floozie, floozy, street girl, streetwalker, hustler, slattern, hooker a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • tart (Noun)
    A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
  • tart (Verb)
    To practice prostitution.
  • tart (Verb)
    To practice promiscuous sex.
  • tart (Verb)
    To dress garishly or ostentatiously.
  • tart (Adjective)
    Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
  • tart (Adjective)
    Of wine: high or too high in acidity.
  • tart (Adjective)
    Sharp; keen; severe.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tart (v. t.)
    Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.
  • tart (v. t.)
    Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.
  • tart (n.)
    A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • tart
    Having an acid, sharp or tangy taste.
  • tart
    A permissive, sexually promiscuous woman.
  • tart
    A pastry dish, usually sweet, that is a type of pie with an open top not covered with pastry.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • tart
    tärt, adj. sharp or sour to the taste: (fig.) sharp: severe.—adj. Tart′ish, somewhat tart.—adv. Tart′ly.—n. Tart′ness. [A.S. teart—teran, to tear.]
  • tart
    tärt, n. a small pie, containing fruit or jelly baked in paste.—n. Tart′let, a small tart. [O. Fr. tarte—L. torta, fem. of pa.p. of torquēre, twist.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • tart
    Sour, sharp, quick, pert.

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  • tart, noun, singular of tarts.
  • tart, adjective, not comparable.

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