sharper
/ˈʃɑɹpɚ/ · adjective
Meaning
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
- Intelligent.
- Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Higher in pitch than required.
- Having an intense, acrid flavour.
- Sudden and intense.
- A swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.
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