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      sharp
      noun
      (music) 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.
      (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
      (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
      (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
      (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
      (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
      (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
      A dishonest person; a cheater.
      Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
      A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
      (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
      A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
      A Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products, headquartered in Sakai, Japan.
      An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.
      A surname.
      Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”). [(colloquial) An alert person.]
      Acronym of skinhead against racial prejudice.
      (medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
      (slang, dated) An expert.
      verb
      (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
      To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
      (transitive, obsolete) To sharpen.
      adjective
      Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
      (colloquial) Intelligent.
      (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
      (music) Higher in pitch than required.
      Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
      Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
      (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
      (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
      Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
      Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
      (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
      Observant; alert; acute.
      Quick and alert.
      Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
      Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
      Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
      (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
      (chess) Tactical; risky.
      Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
      Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
      Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
      (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
      (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
      (obsolete) Hungry.
      adverb
      In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.
      To a point or edge.
      Piercingly.
      Eagerly.
      So as to make a sharp, or tight, angle.
      (of times of day, not comparable) Exactly.
      (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
      Synonyms for sharp
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      Words related to sharp
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