Sharp

adjective sharper · sharpest

1. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded. I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
2. colloquial Intelligent. My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
3. Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ⟨♯⟩ after the name of the note).
4. Higher in pitch than required. The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
5. Having a strong acrid or acidic taste. Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.
6. Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid. A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.
7. colloquial Illegal or dishonest. Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.
8. colloquial Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest. a sharp dealer, a sharp customer, sharp practice
9. Exact, precise, accurate; keen. You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.
10. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh. sharp criticism
11. colloquial Stylish, smart or attractive. You look so sharp in that tuxedo!
12. Observant; alert; acute. Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!
13. Quick and alert. Jones, the centre forward, made a sharp start to the game.
14. Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute. a sharp contrast, a sharp distinction
15. Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees. Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.
16. Steep; precipitous; abrupt. a sharp ascent or descent
17. Said of as extreme a value as possible. Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number.
18. Tactical; risky. Time and time again, the amateur player has lost the opportunity to make the really best move because he felt bound to follow some chess "rule" he had learned, rather than to make the sharp move which was indicated by the position.
19. Piercing; keen; severe; painful. a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air
20. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification. a sharp appetite
21. obsolete Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. And fear of God, from whom their piety feign'd In sharp contest of battle found no aid Against invaders
22. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty. Well-burnt good lime and sharp sand, if very sharp, a load of sand (about 36 bushels) to a hundred of lime (being 25 bushels, or a hundred pecks[…]
23. dated Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
24. obsolete Hungry. “[W]hy this last week we ha'n't had nothing at all but some dry musty red herrings; so you may think, Miss, we're kept pretty sharp!”

adverb sharper · sharpest

1. To a point or edge.
2. Piercingly. The iron plates rang sharp, but turn'd the spear
3. Eagerly. You bite so sharp at reasons.
4. So as to make a sharp, or tight, angle. South of the city the river turns sharp to the east.
5. not comparable Exactly. I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
6. In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable. I didn't enjoy the concert much because the soprano sang sharp on all the high notes.

Similar: on the dot, precisely

noun sharps

1. 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. The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
2. A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ⟨♯⟩.
3. A note that is sharp in a particular key. The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
4. The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor).
5. plural normally Something that is sharp. Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
6. plural normally A hypodermic syringe.
7. dated, plural normally A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
8. plural normally A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
9. A dishonest person; a cheater. The billiard sharp whom anyone catches / His doom's extremely hard— [...]
10. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly. here are good fish to be picked out of sharps and stop-holes into the water-tables
11. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
12. in plural Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings. 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.
13. dated, slang An expert.
14. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s). 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.
15. alternative Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).sharpie

verb sharps · sharping · sharped

1. To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp. That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
2. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. he made a shift yet to pick up a Sorry Living upon the Rook ; and not by Sharping alone , but now and then by downright Stealing
3. obsolete, transitive To sharpen.

proper noun Sharps · Sharpe

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.

noun SHARPs

1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of skinhead against racial prejudice.skinhead against racial prejudice