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2022 film by Lena Dunham
Sharp Stick is a 2022 American sex comedy film written, produced, and directed by Lena Dunham. It stars Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat, Scott
Sharp_Stick
American writer and actress (born 1986)
First Screenplay. She has since written and directed the 2022 films Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy. In 2025, she created the Netflix series Too
Lena_Dunham
American actress (born 1995)
Assistant (2019), and Oh, Canada (2024) while also taking leading roles in Sharp Stick (2022), and How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022). Froseth was born on September
Kristine_Froseth
crime drama Small Engine Repair (2021) and the Lena Dunham directed Sharp Stick (2022), which he served as a producer and executive producer respectively
List of Jon Bernthal performances
List_of_Jon_Bernthal_performances
French-American actor and model
Retrieved 7 January 2024. Galuppo, Mia (February 7, 2022). "Lena Dunham's Sharp Stick Goes to Utopia". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 January 2024. Grobar
Luka_Sabbat
American film producer
Marie (2021; co-executive producer) Breaking (2021; executive producer) Sharp Stick (2022; producer) The Piano Lesson (2024; executive producer) Highest
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Canadian actor (born 1975)
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Scott_Speedman
American actress
Game of Love" Love in the Time of Corona Oscar Main role 2021 The Shuroo Process Mark 2022 Sharp Stick Tali 2024 Fantasmas Commercial Director 1 episode
Tommy_Dorfman
American actor (born 1977)
"Ebon Moss-Bachrach Talks Easy: Acting Roots, Method, and Love of Cooking". Sharp Magazine. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved January
Ebon_Moss-Bachrach
American actress (born 1990)
"Zola" King Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Dussie Mae 2021 Boogie Eleanor 2022 Sharp Stick Treina Also executive producer Another Country Mother Short film Mack
Taylour_Paige
American film and television producer (1979–2023)
producer Those Who Wish Me Dead Antlers Executive producer 2022 Breaking Sharp Stick The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent X Irma Vep Executive producer;
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UK comedy and charity fund-raising benefit and recording 1976
A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) is the title of the first show in what later became the Secret Policeman's Ball series of benefit shows for human
A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick)
A_Poke_in_the_Eye_(With_a_Sharp_Stick)
Fictional character, The Bear TV series
Marvel Comics anti-hero Frank Castle, and the 2022 independent film Sharp Stick. The producers had considered keeping Mikey a mythical figure, described
Mikey_Berzatto
1988 studio album by PIG
A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick is a 1988 album by Raymond Watts under the moniker PIG. It was reissued in Japan in 1998 by Blue Noise. An extremely
A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick
A_Poke_in_the_Eye..._with_a_Sharp_Stick
American actress (born 1962)
Girder 2021 The Woman in the Window Jane Russell Awake Dr. Murphy 2022 Sharp Stick Marilyn 2023 Poolman Susan Kerkovish 2025 Night Always Comes Doreen 2026
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Traditional tattooing method
professionals who practice stick and poke praise its "softness", intimacy, and transgressive nature. Stick and poke tattooing requires a sharp object and a source
Stick_and_poke
American cinematographer
Sam Abbas, Alexis Zabe, and others True Things Harry Wootliff 2022 Sharp Stick Lena Dunham 2023 Polite Society Nida Manzoor 2024 My First Film Zia Anger
Ashley_Connor
American writer, director, and photographer
Nina-Joy 8 episodes 2019 Greener Grass Marriott 2020 Fully Realized Humans Mare 2022 Sharp Stick Mercedes 2025 Too Much Kim Keith Independiente 5 episodes
Janicza_Bravo
Film production company in the US
Shiva Baby, Vortex (2021), We're All Going to the World's Fair, and Sharp Stick (2022). In February 2019, it was announced Robert Schwartzman and Cole
Utopia_(company)
Fictional Australian character
In April 1976, Edna made an appearance in A Poke in the Eye (with a Sharp Stick) – the first of what became Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's
Dame_Edna_Everage
backstage footage and performance of the 1976 show A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick) The Secret Policeman’s Ball Roger Graef Roger Graef & Thomas Schwalm
The Secret Policeman's Ball mediagraphy
The_Secret_Policeman's_Ball_mediagraphy
2014 armed confrontation in Nevada, US
of provoking a "civil war" and said not to "poke the wolverine with a sharp stick, Harry, unless you want your balls ripped off." Vanderboegh is the author
Bundy_standoff
"Fields of Fire", "Three Kings" 1988 PIG A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick Instruments "Peoria" 1989 Sick City Instruments, additional vocals "Sick
JG_Thirlwell_discography
English actress (born 1938)
starting with the stage show that preceded those, A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) in 1976. In 2005 she appeared at the Liverpool Empire Theatre in the
Eleanor_Bron
1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin
1976 Amnesty International benefit concert A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick). The tune was also featured in the 2012 Broadway Musical Nice Work If
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Let's_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off
Scottish comedian and actor (born 1943)
appeared in the Amnesty International show A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) (during which they sang their hit song "Funky Gibbon"). Garden and Bill
Graeme_Garden
American hardcore punk band
Stick to Your Guns is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Members of the band include lead vocalist Jesse Barnett, bassist Andrew
Stick_to_Your_Guns_(band)
Benefit show staged by the British Section of Amnesty International
1979. It was a successor to the 1976 show A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) (the film of which was titled Pleasure at Her Majesty's) and the 1977
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)
The_Secret_Policeman's_Ball_(1979)
British comedian, actor, satirist (1937–1995)
three nights of the first show in April 1976, A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick), as an individual performer and as a member of the cast of Beyond the
Peter_Cook
Shows to benefit Amnesty International
record spin-offs. The show – titled by Cleese A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) – took place on 1–3 April 1976 as a series of late-night galas at Her
The_Secret_Policeman's_Ball
English actor and comedian (1940–2020)
appeared in Amnesty International shows: in A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) he, Oddie and Garden, sang their hit song "Funky Gibbon", whilst in
Tim_Brooke-Taylor
British surreal comedy group
be more focused than that of the others, taking one bizarre situation, sticking to it, and building on it. After Flying Circus, Palin hosted Saturday Night
Monty_Python
American production company
Films produced by Good Thing Going Year Title Director 2022 Sharp Stick Lena Dunham Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham 2024 Treasure Julia von Heinz 2026
Good_Thing_Going_Productions
English conservationist, entertainer and ornithologist (born 1941)
Bananaman. In the Amnesty International show A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick), Oddie, Brooke-Taylor and Garden sang their hit song "Funky Gibbon"
Bill_Oddie
Monty Python sketch (1969)
the 1976 Amnesty International benefit show, A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick), has Palin bursting into laughter while Cleese declares "Pining for
Dead_Parrot_sketch
Type of graph with a sharp turn
A hockey stick graph or hockey stick curve is a graph, or curve shape, that resembles an ice hockey stick, in that it turns sharply from a nearly flat
Hockey_stick_graph
Japanese manga series and its adaptations
apparently attacks them. When Joe sees this, he attempts to stab Mari with a sharp stick but Kiyoshi intercepts him, resulting in being impaled in the butt. When
Prison_School
Edition of film festival
directed by Ed Perkins Resurrection, written and directed by Andrew Semans Sharp Stick, written, directed and co-produced by Lena Dunham To the End, directed
2022_Sundance_Film_Festival
1980 song by Monty Python
Fawlty Towers Ripping Yarns Out of the Trees A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) Monty Python v. ABC Python On Song All You Need Is Cash The Secret Policeman's
Sit_on_My_Face
Trio of British comedians known for the TV series of the same name
performed it during the Amnesty International show A Poke in the Eye (with a Sharp Stick). "The Funky Gibbon" became a favourite in the United States on Dr. Demento's
The_Goodies
American film production company
The Good Nurse Happening The Outfit The People We Hate at the Wedding Sharp Stick Three Thousand Years of Longing Asphalt City Down Low Finally Dawn Fingernails
FilmNation_Entertainment
2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022. Grobar, Matt (June 23, 2022). "'Sharp Stick' Red Band Trailer: Lena Dunham Returns With First Film Since 'Tiny Furniture'"
List of American films of 2022
List_of_American_films_of_2022
Species of stick insect
Acrophylla titan, the titan stick insect, is the third-longest stick insect found in Australia. First described by William Sharp Macleay in 1826, it was considered
Acrophylla_titan
under Sony Pictures International Productions only November 29, 2022 Sharp Stick international co-distribution with Stage 6 Films only; produced by FilmNation
List of Sony Pictures Releasing International films
List_of_Sony_Pictures_Releasing_International_films
Second arc in the Warriors series
attacks Brambleclaw, but Brambleclaw kills Hawkfrost with the trap's sharp stick by stabbing his neck. Before he dies, Hawkfrost claims to Brambleclaw
Warriors:_The_New_Prophecy
Sony's removable flash memory card format, launched in July 1998
licensees to the format. Some early examples of Memory Stick usage by third-party companies include Sharp's MP3 players, Alpine's in-dash players, and Epson's
Memory_Stick
British musician
music videos for Painiac and Everything. A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick (1988) Praise the Lard (1991) The Swining (1993) – Japan only release;
Pig_(musical_project)
1991 studio album by PIG
Raymond Watts, JG Thirlwell, John Caffery PIG chronology A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick (1988) Praise the Lard (1991) A Stroll in the Pork (1992)
Praise_the_Lard
cocktail skewer or cocktail stick is a short cylindrical stick, made of wood or sometimes metal, that has a somewhat sharp point on one or both ends. It
Cocktail_skewer
Throwing weapon
crusher" throwing stick. Return boomerangs have a flat convex surface and must be thrown about 10-15 degrees from upright with a sharp flick of the wrist
Throwing_stick
(2018) Sharks' Treasure (1975) Sharkwater (2006) Sharky's Machine (1981) Sharp Stick (2022) Shaso (1989) Shatter Dead (1994) Shattered: (1921, 1972, 1991
List_of_films:_S
Equipment taken on outdoor walking trips
bucksaw, snow knife or snow saw for cutting, chopping, and sawing: Sharp stick, stout knife, trowel, ice axe, entrenching tool (folding shovel), compact
Hiking_equipment
c. 1490 – 1865 kingdom in East Africa
long, sharp stick towards his half-brother. With this gesture, Duwat signified that the migrants could never return. However, Nyikang took the stick and
Shilluk_Kingdom
Second A Split - Second LP/CS/CD WAX 051 PIG A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick LP/CS/CD WAX 052 KMFDM Don't Blow Your Top LP/CS/CD WAX 053 Front 242
Wax_Trax!_Records_discography
Abuse administered through religion
the rituals of some tribes in Papua New Guinea, an elder "picks out a sharp stick of cane and sticks it deep inside a boy's nostrils until he bleeds profusely
Religious_abuse
2011 BBC television comedy film
Fawlty Towers Ripping Yarns Out of the Trees A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) Monty Python v. ABC Python On Song All You Need Is Cash The Secret Policeman's
Holy_Flying_Circus
West End theatre in London
closing on 24 May. John Cleese organised A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) as a benefit for Amnesty International at the theatre in 1976, and it
His_Majesty's_Theatre,_London
Club of less than arm's length
(also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal.
Baton_(law_enforcement)
1982 British film
Cleese for the first Amnesty benefit show A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) in 1976, with Jonathan Lynn as Michelangelo. It is based on a historical
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Monty_Python_Live_at_the_Hollywood_Bowl
Town in Western Australia
believed to be Aboriginal in origin, and is thought to be a word for a sharp stick used to fasten a coat. As is usual in Aboriginal languages, doubling
Bindi_Bindi
American film production company
distribution by A24 in association with Epix; U.K. distribution by StudioCanal) Sharp Stick* (2022) (International; U.S. distribution by Utopia) The Skeleton Twins*
Stage_6_Films
Graphic novel anthology
Swain The Betty Page Portfolio Better than a Poke in the Eye with a Sharp Stick, Dave Elliott and Will Simpson The Temple of Sweat, Peter Milligan and
A1_(comics)
Book series by Samuel Delany
leave an imprint. Later the same marks were drawn on soft clay with a sharp stick, which eventually led to writing. Apparently, according to the essay
Return_to_Nevèrÿon_(series)
Suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
roots were common in the diet of Aboriginals of the Moreton Bay area; a sharp stick was used to dig out the stem, which was then dried, roasted, and pounded
Tarragindi,_Queensland
American comedian
various sketch groups such as "Same Player Shoots Again", "Better Than a Sharp Stick in the Eye", and "Will Jon Rip Marian?" After studying with director
Will_Durst
1864 Bostick was charged with attacking a slave named Joseph with a 'sharp stick'. The charges were eventually dropped. Bostick spent his later years
Sion_Record_Bostick
Deified horse from Mexico
La Sierra de los Pedernales, Morzillo sustained a foot injury from a sharp stick, which could not be treated. Díaz recounts that while resting after the
Morzillo
nominees would be viewed by the Democrats as "a poke in the eye with a sharp stick". He restated this position during the meeting with the President when
George W. Bush Supreme Court candidates
George_W._Bush_Supreme_Court_candidates
1995 Hong Kong-Filipino film by Yuen Bun and Alan Chui
killing Mr. Ng but they are outmatched and the boss impales Lee with a sharp stick. Santos steps in to help but is outmatched by the boss as well and Lee
Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop
Tough_Beauty_and_the_Sloppy_Slop
1979 studio album by Joe Jackson
Look Sharp! is the debut album by Joe Jackson, released in January 1979. The album features one of Jackson's most well-known songs, "Is She Really Going
Look Sharp! (Joe Jackson album)
Look_Sharp!_(Joe_Jackson_album)
baboon's fibula, with a sharp piece of quartz affixed to one end, perhaps for engraving or writing. It was first thought to be a tally stick, as it has a series
History of science and technology in Africa
History_of_science_and_technology_in_Africa
UK musical group
Stick in the Wheel are a band with its origins in working-class East London, England. It consists of vocalist and artist Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter
Stick_in_the_Wheel
2006 novel by Erin Hunter
attacks Brambleclaw, but Brambleclaw kills Hawkfrost with the trap's sharp stick by stabbing his neck. Before he dies, Hawkfrost claims to Brambleclaw
Sunset_(novel)
8th episode of the 2nd series of Monty Python's Flying Circus
Fawlty Towers Ripping Yarns Out of the Trees A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) Monty Python v. ABC Python On Song All You Need Is Cash The Secret Policeman's
Archaeology_Today
Japanese anime television series
wounds Creek, but he retaliates by skewering the black fox dead with a sharp stick. 10 "Seven Split Boards Going Their Separate Ways" Transliteration: "Kajitte
Gamba_no_Bouken
Typically wooden shaft for playing cue sports
A cue stick (simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker
Cue_stick
Accidental puncture of skin causing contamination
needle stick injuries by 69%. Blunt-tip or tapered-tip suture needles can be used to sew muscle and fascia. Though they are more expensive than sharp-tipped
Needlestick_injury
Weekday radio show
tactics and the possible motives behind them (described as "poking a sharp stick into the soft white underbelly of the rrrrright wing scheme machine"
The Rachel Maddow Show (radio program)
The_Rachel_Maddow_Show_(radio_program)
1756 battle in the Seven Years' War
carrying a stick with all the bloody scalps impaled through it swung over his shoulder while behind him he was constantly being poked with a sharp stick by the
Battle_of_Fort_Bull
1987 studio album by Tragic Mulatto
"taste-is-no-obstacle lyrics are funnier than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick" and that "fans of the vulgar but hysterical could do worse than to bathe
Locos_por_el_Sexo
1998 studio album by Happy Rhodes
streets of N.Y.C from an American Indian... Rarefaction's A Poke In The Ear With A Sharp Stick ...Voice. David Torn's Tonal Textures, #'s 20, 23 and 27
Many_Worlds_Are_Born_Tonight
Season of television series
whitewater rafting challenge, but the inflatable boat is punctured on a sharp stick and sinks. Les meets the group and orders them to the other side of the
Survive_This_season_1
American politician (1865–1951)
"Randall Draws Valley's Wrath," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1925, page A-1 "Sharp Stick for Randall," Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1927, page A-6 "City Plan
Charles_Hiram_Randall
American record label
However, much of his output, which included A Poke in the Eye ... With a Sharp Stick!, Praise the Lard, A Stroll in the Pork and The Swining, was scattered
Nothing_Records
Community in Nova Scotia, Canada
often had many rocks and roots requiring the most effective tool: a sharp stick. Turnip and grain seed was sown by hand and covered with soil scratched
Waterloo,_Nova_Scotia
Mythical figure of the Diola people of West Africa
possible intruders, he defends himself with his stick by smashing the ground and pointing, making sharp, hazardous gestures. At the end of the celebration
Kumpo
American politician (c. 1852 – 1904)
1891. "Armstrong men confident: But Mr. Chappelle is After Them with a Sharp Stick." Boston Daily Globe, page 5, October 25, 1891. "Want a First Class Show:
Julius_Caesar_Chappelle
as she slowly made her way out of the backseat with the aid of a walking stick; Peter Dutton revealed a Chinese spy ship was seen near a secretive naval
List of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering episodes
List_of_The_Weekly_with_Charlie_Pickering_episodes
British author and historian
International (4 October 2012). Graham McCann (ed.). A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick): Amnesty Presents the Best of the Secret Policeman's Ball (Main ed.)
Graham_McCann
Shaped pairs of sticks used as kitchen and eating utensils
stick in concert. The shape of the flat thumb is such that the bottom stick is prevented from shaking loose, and from inching closer to the top stick
Chopsticks
Punishment method
cane. The thin cane used in caning is not to be confused with the walking stick, which is sometimes also called cane (especially in American English) that
Caning
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Harwell, Drew; Dawsey, Josh (November 7, 2022). "Trump once reconsidered sticking with Truth Social. Now he's stuck". The Washington Post. Retrieved May
Donald_Trump
Species of bird
The sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) or northern sharp-shinned hawk, colloquially often nicknamed sharpie, is a small hawk, with males being the
Sharp-shinned_hawk
Japanese weapon
the scabbard "when a more deadly weapon was not necessary". The yawara stick was popularized for police officers in the 1940s by Frank A. Matsuyama,
Yawara
British subscription television service
Now TV Smart Stick dongle which plugs directly into a TV's HDMI input and includes voice search. It was noted as the cheapest smart TV stick in the UK,
Now_(streaming_service)
Self-defense keychain weapon
weapon, some of its uses can be similar to that of the yawara stick, dulo-dulo or koppo stick. The principal targets in self-defence include bony, fleshy
Kubotan
in the hospital instead. To her own surprise, the other nurses unite and stick up for Candy as well as bringing Dr. Leonard the news that Catherine died
List_of_Candy_Candy_episodes
Lawn game using large darts
being sharp, and they are often magnetic, so the darts can stick to a magnet. In 1970, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified sharp-pointed
Lawn_darts
Australian pop rockabilly band
The Sharp is a Melbourne four-piece pop, rockabilly band which formed in 1991 with Allan Catlin on double bass and lead vocals, Piet Collins on drums
The_Sharp
Mrs. Rip Van Winkle Medley-Turkey Trot National Promenade Band 1914 2380 Stick To Your Mother, Tom Will Oakland 1914 2381 Ballet from "William Tell" Edison
List of Edison Blue Amberol Records: Popular Series
List_of_Edison_Blue_Amberol_Records:_Popular_Series
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Hebrew American
From the Plain of Sharon (in the Holy Land); from the land of Sharon.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sharp
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Sharp.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Sharp
Girl/Female
Muslim
Sharp
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Sherry, SHARI means "darling."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Hindu
Goddess Durga, Goddess Parvati
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Hebrew
Princess; It Refers to Flat Land at the Foot of Mount Carmel; Flat Clearing; Form of Sarah
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English scharp ‘keen’, ‘active’, ‘quick’.Irish (County Donegal) : Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin ‘descendant of Géarán’, a byname from a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.Americanized form of any of several European names with similar meaning, for example German Scharf.
Boy/Male
Indian
Cool
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Japanese, Malayalam, Marathi
Arrow
Boy/Male
English, Modern
Sharp
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Sharp.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a variant of Chark, a metonymic occupational name for a porter or carrier, from Old French charche ‘load’.
Girl/Female
Indian
Sharp
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : metonymic occupational name for a harpist (see Harper), or occasionally a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a harp.English : habitational name from a minor place such as Harp House in Eastwood, Essex, or South Harp in South Petherton, Somerset, denoting a place where salt was produced, from Old English hearpe ‘harp’, an implement used in the processing of salt. Compare Harpham.German : metonymic occupational name for a harpist, from Middle High German harpfe ‘harp’.German : variant of Harpe.
Boy/Male
French American English
Sharp.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Hindu
SHARP STICK
SHARP STICK
Girl/Female
Tamil
Victory, Goddess Parvati
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old English dohtor ‘daughter’. The application is unclear; perhaps it was a surname acquired by the retainers of an heiress of an important family.
Girl/Female
English French
Bitter.
Boy/Male
British, English
Council Friend
Girl/Female
Spanish
Manly.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Modest; Humble
Girl/Female
Tamil
Line, Sentence
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
The Essence of Truth
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Wish; Desire
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superl.
Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
n.
A sharp tool or weapon.
superl.
High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
n.
A sharp tone or note.
n.
To play on the harp.
v. t.
To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
superl.
Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
superl.
Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
superl.
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.
superl.
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
superl.
Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.
adv.
Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
superl.
Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
superl.
Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
superl.
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.
n.
A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
superl.
Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
superl.
Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
v. t. & i.
Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
v.
A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.