sharp is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Adjective (COMPARABLE)

Comparative Superlative
sharper sharpest
    Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
    • I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
    (colloquial) Intelligent.
    • My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
    (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

Adverb (COMPARABLE)

Comparative Superlative
sharper sharpest
    To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
    (notcomp) Exactly.
    • I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
    (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
    • I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes.

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
sharp sharps
    (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
    • The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
    (music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
    (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
    • The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
sharp sharps sharping sharped sharped
    (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
    • That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
    To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
    (transitive obsolete) To sharpen.

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