sharp

Naija

Etymology

From: English sharp

Pronunciation

• ʃâp

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Adjective

1. Make person get sense to sabi do tings make e favour am.

   • Tope na sharp guy.  — (Egbokhare_2020, Tope knows his way around things.)
   • (NSC_2021, Everybody thinks they are wise till they meet a person that shows them otherwise.)  — {{{3}}}
   • 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, sharp

Verb

• Make person make someting make e fit cut or chook someting

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

Translation

• English: sharpen