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31tart up — verb 1. decorate in a cheap and flashy way the small town bar was all tarted up • Hypernyms: ↑decorate, ↑adorn, ↑grace, ↑ornament, ↑embellish, ↑beautify • Verb Frames …
32tart — 1. adjective a) Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. I ate a very tart apple. b) Of wine: high or too high in acidity. He gave me a very tart reply. Syn: green 2 …
33Tart up — adorn; make attractive, especially with cheap ornaments and cosmetics (originally British slang (mid 19th C.); the earilest record is Hotten s Slang Dictionary (1864), where he states it is used by the London lower orders , and only of women… …
34tart up — Australian Slang adorn; make attractive, especially with cheap ornaments and cosmetics (originally British slang (mid 19th C.); the earilest record is Hotten s Slang Dictionary (1864., where he states it is used by the London lower orders , and… …
35tart — n a promiscuous, vulgar or sexually provoc ative woman. This modern sense of the word has gradually supplanted the older meaning which was simply a woman or sweetheart. As a term of affection (inspired by the pastry sweetmeat and reinforced by… …
36tart — a prostitute or promiscuous person The derivation is from jam tart, rhyming slang for sweetheart: Young lady indeed. She s a tart. (G. Greene, 1932) Now used of both sexes. One of my granddaughters used the word of a philanderer in… …
37tart — tart1 noun an open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling. Derivatives tartlet noun Origin ME: from OFr. tarte or med. L. tarta, of unknown origin. tart2 informal noun derogatory a prostitute or promiscuous woman. verb (tart oneself… …
38tart up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tart up : present tense I/you/we/they tart up he/she/it tarts up present participle tarting up past tense tarted up past participle tarted up British informal 1) a) to decorate something in order to improve… …
39tart — noun open pie ADJECTIVE ▪ chocolate, fruit, jam (BrE), treacle (BrE) ▪ almond, apple, lemon, etc. VERB + TART …
40tart — 1. is., Fr. tarte Kalıpta pişen bir tür meyveli pasta 2. is., dı, esk., Ar. ṭard Kovma, çıkarma Birleşik Sözler tart suçu tardetmek …
