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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sharper
    n 1: a professional card player who makes a living by cheating
         at card games [syn: cardsharp, card sharp,
         cardsharper, card sharper, sharper, sharpie,
         sharpy, card shark]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sharp \Sharp\, a. [Compar. Sharper; superl. Sharpest.] [OE.
   sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG.
   scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr.
   Cf. Escarp, Scrape, Scorpion.]
   1. Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut
      or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
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            He dies upon my scimeter's sharp point. --Shak.
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   2. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded;
      somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp
      hill; sharp features.
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   3. Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen,
      penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid,
      sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the
      hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to
      the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp
      flash.
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   4. (Mus.)
      (a) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
      (b) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C[sharp]),
          which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.
      (c) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as,
          the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed
          in all these senses to flat.
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   5. Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe;
      painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and
      frosty air.
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            Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak.
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            The morning sharp and clear.          --Cowper.
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            In sharpest perils faithful proved.   --Keble.
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   6. Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel;
      harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke. "That sharp
      look." --Tennyson.
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            To that place the sharp Athenian law
            Can not pursue us.                    --Shak.
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            Be thy words severe,
            Sharp as merits but the sword forbear. --Dryden.
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   7. Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish;
      having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious;
      clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or
      judgment.
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            Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want.
                                                  --Addison.
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            Many other things belong to the material world,
            wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye?
            arrived at clear and distinct ideas.  --L. Watts.
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   8. Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for
      gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
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   9. Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. "In sharp
      contest of battle." --Milton.
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            A sharp assault already is begun.     --Dryden.
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   10. Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close
       and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp
       customer.
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             The necessity of being so sharp and exacting.
                                                  --Swift.
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   11. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
       --Moxon.
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   12. Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or
       descent; a sharp turn or curve.
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   13. (Phonetics) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath
       alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p,
       k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
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   Note: Sharp is often used in the formation of self-explaining
         compounds; as, sharp-cornered, sharp-edged,
         sharp-pointed, sharp-tasted, sharp-visaged, etc.
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   Sharp practice, the getting of an advantage, or the attempt
      to do so, by a tricky expedient.

   To brace sharp, or To sharp up (Naut.), to turn the yards
      to the most oblique position possible, that the ship may
      lie well up to the wind.
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   Syn: Keen; acute; piercing; penetrating; quick; sagacious;
        discerning; shrewd; witty; ingenious; sour; acid; tart;
        pungent; acrid; severe; poignant; biting; acrimonious;
        sarcastic; cutting; bitter; painful; afflictive;
        violent; harsh; fierce; ardent; fiery.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sharper \Sharp"er\, n.
   A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in
   bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
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         Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind.
                                                  --L'Estrange.
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   Syn: Swindler; cheat; deceiver; trickster; rogue. See
        Swindler.
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Thesaurus Results for Sharper:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
adventurer, betting ring, bettor, boneshaker, bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, cheat, compulsive gambler, con artist, con man, confidence man, crap shooter, crimp, defrauder, diddler, double-dealer, gambler, gamester, gyp, hazarder, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, mortgage shark, mountebank, pettifogger, petty gambler, piker, pitchman, player, plunger, punter, shark, sharp, sharpie, shortchanger, shyster, slicker, speculator, spieler, sport, sporting man, sportsman, tinhorn, tipster, tout, trickster, venturer, wagerer
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