sharps

Meaning of sharps

noun
  1. 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).
  2. A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
  3. 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.
  4. The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
    Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)
  5. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
    Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
  6. A dishonest person; a cheater.
    The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
  7. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
  8. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
  9. (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
  10. An expert.
  11. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
verb
  1. 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!
  2. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
  3. To sharpen.

Information about sharps

  • The singular form of sharps is: sharp.
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Hyphenation of sharps

sharps

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • sharps is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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