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.
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.
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.
A knitting needle.
Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
A telecommunication wire or cable.
An electric telegraph; a telegram.
A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
A fence made of usually barbed wire.
A deadline or critical endpoint.
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
A finish line of a racetrack.
A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
To string on a wire.
To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
To install eavesdropping equipment.
To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
To equip with wires for use with electricity.