tart

Meaning

Adj

1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
2. high or too high in acidity.
3. (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.

Noun

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

Noun

1. (British, slang) A prostitute.
2. (broadly, derogatory, slang) Any woman with loose sexual morals.

Verb

1. To practice prostitution.
2. To practice promiscuous sex.
3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.

Synonyms

sour

acid

pie

🥧

acrid

hooker

whore

slut

bitter

cake

🍰

sourish

harlot

sharp

astringent

strumpet

trollop

prostitute

stringent

biting

acerbic

acidulous

acetous

acidic

pungent

acerb

keen

caustic

trenchant

fancy woman

bawd

tangy

cyprian

tarry

cocotte

acidulent

smart

sore

tartish

rough

ho

harsh

acute

pointed

slattern

floozy

mordant

floozie

bitch

acrimonious

lemonlike

flan

Translations

ácido

zuur

agrio

acido

tarte

🥧

sauer

agro

putain

tarta

🥧

aigre

acre

taart

🥧

azedo

ξινός

aspro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɑɹt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tart

Inherited from Old English: teart

Cognate with Scots: tairt

Cognate with Dutch: tarten

Cognate with German: trotzen

Cognate with Albanian: thartë

Cognate with Old French: torte

In summary

From Middle English tart, from Old English teart (“sharp, rough, severe”), from Proto-West Germanic *tart, from Proto-Germanic *tartaz (“rough, sharp, tearing”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave”). Related to Scots tairt (“tart; tartness”), Dutch tarten (“to defy, challenge, mock”), German trotzen (“to defy, brave, mock”), perhaps Albanian thartë (“sour, acid, sharp”).