Sharp

shärp, adj. having a thin cutting edge or fine point: peaked or ridged: affecting the senses as if pointed or cutting: severe: keen, keenly contested: alive to one's interests, barely honest: of keen or quick perception: vigilant, attentive: pungent, biting, sarcastic: eager: fierce: impetuous: shrill: ( phon. ) denoting a consonant pronounced with breath and not voice, surd—as the sharp mutes, p , t , k .— n. an acute or shrill sound: ( mus. ) a note raised a semitone in the scale, also the character directing this: a long and slender sewing-needle—opp. to a blunt and a between : a small sword or duelling sword: a sharper, cheat: ( pl. ) the hard parts of wheat, middlings: an oysterman's boat—also Sharp′ie , Sharp′y .— v.t. ( obs. ) to sharpen.— v.i. to play the sharper, cheat.— adj. Sharp′-cut , cut sharply or definitely: well-defined: clear.— v.t. Sharp′en , to make sharp or keen, pungent or painful, active or acute.— v.i. to grow sharp.— ns. Shar′pener , one who sharpens; Sharp′er , a trickster: a swindler: a cheat.— adjs. Sharp′-eyed , sharp-sighted; Sharp′-ground , ground to a sharp edge; Sharp′-look′ing ( Shak. ), hungry-looking.— adv. Sharp′ly , quickly: to the moment: ( mus. ) above the true pitch.— n. Sharp′ne .— adjs. Sharp′-nosed , having a pointed nose: keen of scent, as a dog; Sharp′-set , ravenous.— ns. Sharp′-shoot′er , an old term applied in the army to riflemen when skirmishing or specially employed as marksmen; Sharp′-shoot′ing .— adjs. Sharp′-sight′ed , having acute sight: shrewd; Sharp′-vis′aged , having a thin face; Sharp′-wit′ted , having an acute wit.— Look sharp , to show eagerne , to act quickly. [A.S. scearp ; Ice. skarpr , Gr. scharf .]