A wooden footstool.
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
To play the game of cricket.
A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
A note that is sharp in a particular key.
Something that is sharp.
A dishonest person; a cheater.
Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
A sharp tool or weapon.
A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
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 hypodermic syringe.
Higher in pitch than required.
Intelligent.
Having an intense, acrid flavour.
Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
Illegal or dishonest.
Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
Tactical; risky.
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
Said of as extreme a value as possible.
Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
Stylish or attractive.
Sudden and intense.
Observant; alert; acute.
To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
Exactly.
In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.