tart : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tart	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for tart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tart adj tasting sour like a lemon [syn: lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart] harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark" Synonym(s): sharp, sharp-worded, tart n a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street] a small open pie with a fruit filling a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tart \Tart\, n. [OE. tarte, F. tarte; perhaps originally the same word as tourte, LL. torta, fr. L. tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape. Cf. {Torture}, n.] A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tart \Tart\, a. [AS. teart. [fb]63. Cf. {Tear}, v. t.] 1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple. 2. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke. Why art thou tart, my brother? --Bunyan.