Definition of sharp

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Sharp (n.) The character [/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch..

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Brog :: Brog (n.) A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick..
Tinkle :: Tinkle (v. i.) To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound..
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp..
Smacking :: Smacking (a.) Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze..
Jagged :: "Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks..
Clink :: Clink (n.) A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies..
Barb :: Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..
Tinkle :: Tinkle (n.) A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal..
Chirp :: Chirp (v. i.) To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged..
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it..
Stonebird :: Stone (n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone..
Sharp :: Sharp (adv.) Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp..
Incisive :: Incisive (a.) Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting..
But :: But (n.) The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt..
Creak :: Creak (v. i.) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..
Whet :: Whet (v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage..
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Vigorous; sharp; severe.
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