"tarty" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-tarty.ogg [Australia] Forms: tartier [comparative], tartiest [superlative]
Etymology: tart + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tart|y}} tart + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} tarty (comparative tartier, superlative tartiest)
  1. (British, slang) Like a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish. Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-tarty-en-adj-R-nZQ3Oq Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 88 12
  2. Somewhat tart.
    Sense id: en-tarty-en-adj-6dEDFFEw

Inflected forms

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