1 [C,U] an open pie filled with sweet food such as fruit:
a strawberry tart
compareFLAN, QUICHE
2 [C] (BrE, informal, disapproving) a woman who you think behaves or dresses in a way that is immoral and is intended to make men sexually excited
3 [C] (slang) a prostitute
Part of speech: adjective
1 having an unpleasant sour taste:
tart apples
2 [usuallybeforenoun] (of remarks, etc.) quick and unkind:
a tart reply / comment
tartly adverb:
'Too late!' said my mother tartly.
tartness noun [U]
Part of speech: verb
PHRASALVERBS
tart yourself up (BrE, informal) (especially of a woman) to make yourself more attractive by putting on nice clothes, jewellery, make-up, etc:
She was in her bedroom tarting herself up for the party.
tart sth<->up (BrE, informal) to decorate or improve the appearance of sth, often in a way that other people do not think is attractive
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for tart is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is tart a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, tart is tagged as noun.
Does tart appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — tart appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
