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tart

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adj/tɑɹt//tɑːt/
  1. 1

    Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

    • I ate a very tart apple.
  2. 2

    High or too high in acidity.

  3. 3

    Sharp; keen; severe.figuratively

    • He gave me a very tart reply.
noun/tɑɹt//tɑːt/
  1. 1

    A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).

  2. 2

    A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).

noun/tɑɹt//tɑːt/
  1. 1

    A prostitute.UKslang

  2. 2

    Any woman with loose sexual morals.broadlyderogatoryslang

    • We know the majority of the places that these tarts will hang out at.
    • In the garden I was playing the tart / I kissed your lips and broke your heart
verb/tɑɹt//tɑːt/
  1. 1

    To practice prostitution.

  2. 2

    To practice promiscuous sex.

  3. 3

    To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.

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