sharp remark
1sharp — 1 adjective 1 ABLE TO CUT having a very thin edge or point that can cut things easily: Peel the apples using a sharp knife. | The metal was jagged with lots of sharp edges. | razor sharp (=very sharp) opposite blunt 1 (1) 2 SOUNDS loud, short,… …
2Sharp PC-1500 — The Sharp PC 1500 was a pocket computer produced by Sharp in 1982. A clone was sold as the TRS 80 PC 2. The whole computer was designed around an 8 bit CPU similar to the Zilog Z80, but all laid out in power saving CMOS circuits. The programming… …
3sharp-worded — adjective harsh (Freq. 1) sharp criticism a sharp worded exchange a tart remark • Syn: ↑sharp, ↑tart • Similar to: ↑unpleasant …
4nip — I v 1. pinch, bite, bite in, tweak, vellicate, chomp, incise. 2. snip, cut, cut off, lop, sunder; crop, truncate, dock, take off, snap, crack off, shave off, shear, clip. 3. retard, check, shorten, cut short, abbreviate; blight, supress, stunt,… …
5crack — crack1 [krak] vi. [ME craken < OE cracian, to resound, akin to Ger krachen < IE base * ger : see CROW1] 1. to make a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking 2. to break or split, usually without complete separation of parts 3. a) to… …
6Pauline Kael — Infobox Writer name = Pauline Kael caption = An undated photograph of Kael. birthdate = June 19, 1919 birthplace = Petaluma, California deathdate = death date and age|mf=yes|2001|9|3|1919|6|19 deathplace =Great Barrington, Massachusetts… …
7придираться — ПРИДИРАТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. придраться), к чему. Разговаривая с кем л., обвинять (обвинить), упрекать (упрекнуть) в чем л. (обычно в чем л. несущественном, частном) без достаточных убедительных оснований, воспользовавшись чем л. как поводом для… …
8gansel — ˈgan(t)səl noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English (Scots) gansell, from Middle English, garlic sauce, from Middle French ganse aillie Scotland : a sharp remark or rebuke …
9parthian shot — sharp and hostile remark or gesture made at the moment of departure …
10international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …