Pert - English meaning

adjective

Having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.

Usage examples:

There was no mistaking that jaunty walk

adjective

Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

adjective

Showing that you are happy and confident

Usage examples:

A jaunty grin/step, when he came back his hat was at a jaunty angle and he was smiling.

adjective

(of a person or an article of clothing) smart and fashionable.

Usage examples:

A natty blue blazer

adjective

(among rastafarians) denoting hair that is uncombed or matted, as in dreadlocks.

Usage examples:

The hippie had natty blond hair, and large, vacant-looking eyes with wrinkles around them.

adjective

Stylish and tidy in every detail

Usage examples:

He's always been a natty dresser.

adjective

Arranged in a tidy way; in good order.

Usage examples:

The books had been stacked up in neat piles

noun

A bovine animal.

abbreviation

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (the energy dissipated as heat by a person during minor physical activity, such as fidgeting or shivering, that does not involve a large expenditure of energy and is not perceived as exercise).

adjective

Cheerful and lively.

Usage examples:

She certainly looked less than her usual perky self

adjective

Showing a lot of energy in a happy, confident way

Usage examples:

Kimberly burst in with a crowd of perky teenagers.

adjective

Having or displaying a dashing, jaunty, or slightly disreputable quality or appearance.

Usage examples:

He had a rakish, debonair look

adjective

(especially of a boat or car) smart and fast-looking, with streamlined angles and curves.

Usage examples:

A rakish chevrolet

adjective

A rakish man, especially a rich man, lives in an immoral way, especially having sex with a lot of women

Usage examples:

He has a rakish air about him., he wore his hat at a rakish angle.

adjective

Sexually suggestive in a light-hearted and humorous way.

Usage examples:

Saucy postcards

adjective

(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed.

Usage examples:

You look very smart

verb

(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Her legs were scratched and smarting

noun

Sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

The smart of the recent cuts

noun

A widespread coniferous tree which has a distinctive conical shape and hanging cones, widely grown for timber, pulp, and christmas trees.

Usage examples:

The best trees to plant with wildlife in mind are cherry and mulberry for their fruits, pines and s…

adjective

Neat in dress and appearance.

Usage examples:

Angela was a very spruce and tidy person

verb

Make someone or something smarter or tidier.

Usage examples:

The fund will be used to spruce up historic buildings

adjective

Fashionably elegant and sophisticated.

Usage examples:

You don't have to be a designer to create a stylish look in your own small room

adjective

Having a special quality that makes a person or thing seem different and attractive

Usage examples:

Stylish people, stylish clothing

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

Additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.

Usage examples:

A red blazer with gold trim

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance; in good order.

Usage examples:

His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim