sharp

Naija

From: English sharp

Make person get sense to sabi do tings make e favour am.
- Tope na sharp guy. — (Tope knows his way around things.)
- Everybody tink sey de be sharp guy until de meet person wey go show dem sey street dey pass street. — (NSC_2021, Everybody thinks they are wise till they meet a person that shows them otherwise.)
- Pikin wey sharp like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger. — (bbc__81349, A child that very intelligent, needs new things to keep them busy.)
- And so as a sharp bae, make I sharpaly carry myself before anybody come carry me eh, pursue me comot. — (NST_cleaned__12112. As a smart babe, let me leave before someone comes to drive me out.)
Wetin fit cut someting.
- Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey sharp, and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin. — (bbc__81277, Another way for toddlers is that a sharp thing that has been used to draw blood from someone with HIV/AIDS cuts the child.)
- No be size of cutlass matter, di koko be sey e sharp abi e no sharp? — (It is not the size of the cutlass that matters, the real issue is 'is it sharp or blunt?')

Go sharp knife for junction. — (NSC_2021, Go and sharpen the knife at the junction.)
De say na iron wey im sharp na im e use take chook am. — (NSC_2021, They said he stabbed him with a piece of metal sharpened.)