Pert

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pert \Pert\, a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known,
     true, free, or impudent. See {Apert}.]
     1. Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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     2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] --Shak.


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     3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
        "A very pert manner." --Addison.
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              The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.
                                                    --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pert \Pert\, v. i.
     To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pert
       adj : characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
             certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: {impertinent},
              {irreverent}, {saucy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "pert":
     active, activist, activistic, aggressively self-confident, alert,
     alive, animate, animated, arch, arrogant, audacious, bantam,
     biggety, bluff, bold, bouncing, bouncy, brash, brassy, brazen,
     breezy, bright, brisk, bubbly, bumptious, challenging, cheeky,
     cheerful, chesty, chipper, chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, chutzpadik,
     cocky, conceited, contemptuous, crusty, daring, defiant, defying,
     derisive, disdainful, disregardful, disrespectful, ebullient,
     effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, facy, flip, flippant,
     forward, fresh, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep,
     gally, gay, gratuitous, greatly daring, ill-mannered, immodest,
     impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, jaunty, jolly, keen,
     know-it-all, live, lively, malapert, mercurial, militant, nervy,
     nimble, obtrusive, out of line, overwise, peacockish, peacocky,
     peart, peppy, perk, perky, presumptuous, puffed up, quicksilver,
     regardless of consequences, rude, sassy, saucy, self-conceited,
     self-opinionated, smacking, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, snappy,
     spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stuck-up, swelled-headed,
     uncalled-for, uncivil, unmannerly, vivacious, wise-ass, zingy
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PERT
       Program Evaluation / Evolution and Review Technique
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PERT
       
          {Program Evaluation and Review Technique}