Sharps

Word SHARPS
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ʃɑɹps/

Definitions and meanings of "Sharps"

What do we mean by sharps?

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.

A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.

A note that is sharp in a particular key.

The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.

(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.

A dishonest person; a cheater.

Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.

(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.

An expert.

A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).

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The word "sharps" in example sentences

Another difference between squares and sharps is how they approach betting on game day. ❋ Chris Maloney (2010)

Mrs. Burrell says, Let's open the meeting by singing, "How Firm a Foundation" but Mrs. Ducker says, Oh, don't take that, it's in sharps; take "Nearer, Still Nearer" – it's in flats, and Maudie can handle the flats better. ❋ Unknown (1910)

My bags were taken behind the glassed-in nurse's station and checked for potential weapons of self-destruction referred to as "sharps" - razors, scissors, mirrors - which were taken away until your departure. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Them and their kind, which is to say the sharps who prey on the susceptible. ❋ Laurens, Stephanie (1995)

Anyway, it is pretty awful, I get panic attacks just being in a room with a "sharps" box. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2007)

Not only must the position of the notes on the staff be taken into account, but also many other things, such as sharps and flats, and various characters which give directions as to the manner in which the music is to be played. ❋ William Henry Pyle (N/A)

When the acquiring of information and of technical intellectual skill do not influence the formation of a social disposition, ordinary vital experience fails to gain in meaning, while schooling, in so far, creates only "sharps" in learning -- that is, egoistic specialists. ❋ Unknown (1916)

Her experience, from her step-father down to the loafing "sharps" of Seal Bay, had firmly planted in her mind the conviction that the men who haunted the shadows north of 60° were only creatures whose quality of soul dared not display itself in the sunlight of truth and honesty. ❋ Ridgwell Cullum (1905)

But these scientific 'sharps' are avid for any fact which sustains the particular theory they happen to hold. ❋ Hamlin Garland (1900)

City, had been almost exclusively among the "sharps," gamblers, and their kindred, the projectors and prospectors ever preying on the unwary on the outer wave of progress. ❋ Charles King (1888)

At those times his blood seems to require a very rapid oxygenation, and he goes to the 'sharps' to obtain it: but when he is feeding and fattening, the water cannot be too still for him. ❋ Charles Kingsley (1847)

Study evaluates immunization benefits of dissolving microneedles vaccine-delivery patch based on hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccine with them as they dissolve into the skin could simplify immunization programs by eliminating the use of hypodermic needles - and their "sharps" disposal and re-use concerns. ❋ Unknown (2010)

'Our solution involves separating the 'sharps', or needles, from the less dangerous plastic syringe body at the point of use, making it much easier to ensure that they are safely disposed of. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The drop-off sites will not accept needles, other "sharps" or materials containing mercury. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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