Definition of sharp

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Sharp (n.) A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

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Chicanery :: Chicanery (n.) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Sharpshooting :: Sharpshooting (n.) A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument..
Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure..
Peen :: Peen (n.) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer.
High :: High (superl.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note..
Scission :: Scission (n.) The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.
Hogback :: Hogback (n.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides..
Acerb :: Acerb (a.) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh..
Calk :: Calk (n.) An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air..
Mosquito :: Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic..
Scissible :: Scissible (a.) Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument.
Pritch :: Pritch (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun..
Sculpin :: Sculpin (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America..
Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants..
Point :: Point (n.) To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral..
Style :: Style (v. t.) An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax..
Natural :: Natural (n.) A character [/] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note..
Scream :: Scream (n.) A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech..
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