sharp

Naija

Alternative forms

• sharp-sharp

Etymology

From: English sharp

Pronunciation

• ʃâp

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 17
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 523
• Frequency in raw corpus: 236
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1182

Adjective

• na wen pesin sabi wetin dey

1. • Tope na sharp guy. Egbokhare_2020.  — Tope is an intelligent guy

2. make dem do someting quick quick

   • Dem release her sharp sharp.  — (bbc__29441, _They releaased her quickly_)
   • Di high score win on Saturday don make di Falcons enta semi-finals sharp sharp.  — (bbc__35165, __the high number of scores by the Falcons shot them to semi final quickly__)

   De club den hire Julen Lopetegui for replace e before World Cup but deh sack e sharp sharp.  — (bbc__102133, __no translation__)

3. conj (frequency:6)

   And our warranty na sharp, sharp,  — (NST_cleaned__4816, __no translation__)

   Swansea dey sharp, discipline and hungry.  — (bbc__6256, __no translation__)

4. obj (frequency:3)

   We need to attend to sharp, sharp.  — (NST_cleaned__255, __no translation__)

   Sharp sand and granite List of materials and how much dem go chop to build bungalow for Eastern Nigeria.  — (bbc__88231, __no translation__)

5. case (frequency:3)

   We need to attend to sharp, sharp.  — (NST_cleaned__255, __no translation__)

   And so as a sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp eh bae, make I sharpally carry myself before anybody come carry me eh, pursue me commot.  — (NST_cleaned__12112, __no translation__)

6. aux (frequency:2)

   Di Playboy clubs climb on top di success of di magazine Hefner dey sharp  — (bbc__32205, __no translation__)

   Dem think say dis na foreign thing but sabi people don carry out research wey show say music lesson go make your pickin dey sharp.  — (bbc__9667, __no translation__)

7. mark (frequency:2)

   Students dem wey brain sharp sometimes dey need wetin dey more-challenging, extra support or di freedom to learn as dem fit.  — (bbc__92457, __no translation__)

   Other way for pickin wey don grow small, na if dem use anything wey sharp, and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pickin.  — (bbc__81277, __no translation__)

8. obl:mod (frequency:2)

   Pikin wey sharp like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger.  — (bbc__81349, __no translation__)

   About two nights ago, some mammy girls come to my house sharp one o'clock for night.  — (bbc__129, __no translation__)

9. aux-mark (frequency:2)

   Infact research don also show say no be only pickin music dey help to dey sharp, old people too dey benefit from am.  — (bbc__59963, __no translation__)

   Every mama and papa want dia pickin to dey sharp, to do well-well for life, so dem dey find different means to make am happen.  — (bbc__86391, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• gats 0.48 156, sofri 0.46 136, brain 0.46 237, sharp-sharp 0.46 99, quick 0.44 608, just 0.44 5577, pepper 0.42 252, online 0.42 309, sometin 0.42 246

Antonyms

• gats 0.48 156, sofri 0.46 136, brain 0.46 237, sharp-sharp 0.46 99, quick 0.44 608, just 0.44 5577, pepper 0.42 252, online 0.42 309, sometin 0.42 246

Translations

• English: smart