Meaning

3 senses

  1. To practice prostitution.

  2. To practice promiscuous sex.

  3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.

Examples

29 sentences

  1. I love blueberry tarts.

    deIch liebe Blaubeerkuchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I love the blueberry tarts.

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  3. These lemon and almond tarts are delicious.

    deDiese Zitronen-Mandel-Törtchen sind köstlich. — MUIRIEL

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  4. These lemon and almond tarts are scrumptious.

    ruЭти лимонно-миндальные пирожные восхитительны. — odexed

    deDiese Zitronen-Mandel-Törtchen sind köstlich. — MUIRIEL

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  5. Melissa is fond of eating peach tarts.

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Origin

From a rebracketing of sweetheart, or from jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening.

From a rebracketing of sweetheart, or from jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening.

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Forms

tarts, tarting, tarted, tarted
Base formtart · to tart
3rd person singulartarts
Present participletarting
Past simpletarted
Past participletarted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytart
he, she, ittarts

Past simpleLesson

all personstarted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tarted
he, she, ithas tarted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tart

Word family

2 related words
Derivedpop tarttart up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tarotarottarptarretartantartar
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