Meaning of sharp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of skinhead against racial prejudice.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
3. A surname.
4. A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
5. An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.
6. A note that is sharp in a particular key.
7. The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
8. Something that is sharp.
   plural-normally
9. A hypodermic syringe.
   plural-normally
10. A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
    dated, plural-normally
11. A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
    plural-normally
12. A dishonest person; a cheater.
13. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
14. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
15. Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
    in-plural
16. An expert.
    dated, slang
17. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).

Equivalents

Examples

“The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).”

“Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff.”

“The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.”

“Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)”

“Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.”

“If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.”

“The billiard sharp whom anyone catches / His doom's extremely hard— [...]”

“The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.”

“This usage is often classified as variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp.”

“here are good fish to be picked out of sharps and stop-holes into the water-tables”

“While he worked he talked to his ducks, who were waddling about hopefully, as it was almost time for the red bucket to be filled with sharps and potato-peelings.”

“The Circle was one of the few dances the older sharps frequented; mostly they were to be found in pubs, pool-halls or at the track.”

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