tarty

¹ American  

[tahr-tee] / ˈtɑr ti /

adjective

tartier, tartiest

1. tart; somewhat sour.

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tarty ² American  

[tahr-tee] / ˈtɑr ti /

adjective

tartier, tartiest

1. of, relating to, or suggesting a prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman.

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Etymology

Origin of tarty¹

tart ¹ + -y ¹

Origin of tarty²

First recorded in 1915–20; tart ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

What is one to make of these clowns and fish and blind Oedipuses, caged women and mutilated statues, tarty cigarette girls and Greek headsmen?

From Time Magazine Archive

In Lane's most recent movie, Rumble Fish, she was saddled with the unbecoming part of a wayward outsider, a tough adolescent in tarty makeup.

From Time Magazine Archive

She says she feels a cold coming and she’d love to have a tarty drink, a lemonade.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

"Ta-ta, ta-ta, ta-ta, poopen-oopen, poopen-oopen, te-ta, tarty oo-hoo oo-hoo-te tarty arty, appen-arty."

From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Clark, Charles Heber