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tarty

ˈtɑ:ti2 senses · 28 ms
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adj
  1. 1

    Like a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish.UKslang

    • Atwood's Edible Woman offers a brilliant analysis of woman as consumable in consumer capitalism: when Marian turns out in a tarty hairdo and red dress...
    • The vice trust, with equal ingenuity, sent prostitutes dressed in their tartiest outfits into respectable neighborhoods to inquire about apartments for rent.
  2. 2

    Somewhat tart.

    • Now, I lets mine boil a bit longer than Lizzy, to sweeten the tarty taste.
    • Because of its tarty taste, and the fact that (in animal experiments) it has shown to have a toxic effect, for culinary uses the rape oil is ‘hardened’ (hydrogenation of the double bond!).

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