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Meaning of tarty | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Like a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish.
    British, slang
  2. Somewhat tart.

Examples

“Atwood's Edible Woman offers a brilliant analysis of woman as consumable in consumer capitalism: when Marian turns out in a tarty hairdo and red dress...”
“The vice trust, with equal ingenuity, sent prostitutes dressed in their tartiest outfits into respectable neighborhoods to inquire about apartments for rent.”
“Ravey Davy's flashy, trashy signature style doesn't seem to be quite as big a hit among the Boujis Boozers as I might have hoped. Maybe it'll get tartier as the season progresses and the climate allows for rising hemlines.”
“Now, I lets mine boil a bit longer than Lizzy, to sweeten the tarty taste.”
“Because of its tarty taste, and the fact that (in animal experiments) it has shown to have a toxic effect, for culinary uses the rape oil is ‘hardened’ (hydrogenation of the double bond!).”
“I mean, sure, the gummy cherry might have a well-balanced sweet and tarty taste, but the gummy frog has a far denser texture, which requires at least three times more chewing than the cherry and is therefore, of the two, a far better value.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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