sharp

  • 71Sharp — 1. cunning and clever; shrewd and crafty; knowledgeable of devious ruses and underhand activities; fly: sharp lad ; 2. stylishly smart: sharp dresser ; 3. swindler, con artist, etc.; 4. card sharp …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 72sharp — Australian Slang 1. cunning and clever; shrewd and crafty; knowledgeable of devious ruses and underhand activities; fly: sharp lad ; 2. stylishly smart: sharp dresser ; 3. swindler, con artist, etc.; 4. card sharp …

    English dialects glossary

  • 73sharp — I n An expert. He was taken in by a couple of card sharps who drifted into town. 1840s II adj Attractive or appealing. Who was the sharp guy I saw her out with last weekend? 1950s III adj Excellent, outstanding. I ve heard the new night club is… …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 74sharp — I. intelligent, quick to learn    Geoff is a sharp kid. He s doing calculus at the age of twelve. II. sarcastic, abrupt    Even when Anne was tired, she never gave you a sharp reply. III. at a specific time, on the dot    The preacher began the… …

    English idioms

  • 75sharp — adj. razor sharp * * * [ʃɑːp] razor sharp …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 76SHARP — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index sharp noun edge (2), point, prick adjective acute, pointed, sharp, thorny verb sharpen, dull …

    English dictionary for students

  • 77sharp — [OE] Sharp, together with its close relatives German scharf, Dutch scherp, and Swedish and Danish skarp, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skarpaz. This was probably descended from an extension of the Indo European base *sker ‘cut’ (source of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 78sharp — ʃɑrp /ʃɑːp n. something sharp; sewing needle; sharper; swindler, cheater; professional gambler; musical tone half a step higher than a given note; mark indicating such a tone v. sing or play above the proper key, sing or play out of tune… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 79sharp — I. a. 1. Acute, keen, trenchant. 2. Pointed, peaked, ridged. 3. Sagacious, apt, shrewd, astute, acute, penetrating, subtle, perspicacious, discerning, discriminating, ingenious, inventive, witty, quick, clever, ready, smart, clear, sharp sighted …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 80sharp — /ʃɑ:p/ adjective sudden ● There was a sharp rally on the stock market. ● Last week’s sharp drop in prices has been reversed …

    Dictionary of banking and finance