sharp

Naija

Etymology

From: English sharp

Pronunciation

• ʃâp

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Adjective

1. Make person sabi someting well well.

   • Tope na sharp guy.  — (Egbokhare_2020, Tope is an intelligent guy
   • 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.)

2. 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?  — (NSC_2021, It is not the size of the cutlass that matters, the real issue is 'is it sharp or blunt?')

Related forms

• sharp sharp, sharpally

Synonyms

• brain, wise

Antonyms

• dull

Translations

• English: smart

Adverb

1. na manner wey someting take

   • About two nights ago, some mammy girls come to my house sharp one o'clock for night.  — (bbc__129, __no translation__)
   • Infact research don also show say no be only pikin music dey help to dey sharp, old people too dey benefit from am.  — (bbc__59963, __no translation__)
   • Every mama and papa want dia pikin to dey sharp, to do well-well for life, so dem dey find different means to make am happen.  — (bbc__86391, __no translation__)

Related forms

sharp sharp, sharpally

Synonyms

wise

Translations

• English: smart