What Does "Tart" Mean in American English? | Minute English Vocabulary #shorts

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Rachel's English


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This fresh squeezed grapefruit juice is very tart. But you know what? Tart has more meanings. As an  
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adjective, it's sharp, sour, biting. But as a noun, it can also be this: 
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A desert. Which is funny because  this king of desert is usually  
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really sweet which is the opposite of tart. Actually there's a kind of candy called sweet  
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tarts. Have you ever had them? Now there's another meaning. 
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It can mean a woman who dresses in a way that's  very sexy, maybe a woman who has a lot of sexual  
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partners and it can also mean a prostitute.
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One word, many meanings.
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