Definitions for sharper
ˈʃɑr pərsharp·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cardsharp, card sharp, cardsharper, card sharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy, card sharknoun

   a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sharpernoun

   a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sharpernoun

   A tricking fellow; a petty thief; a rascal.

   Etymology: from sharp

   Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. Roger L'Estrange.

   He should retrench what he lost to sharpers, and spent upon puppet-plays, to apply it to that use. Arbuth.

   I only wear it in a land of Hectors,
   Thieves, supercargo’s, sharpers, and directors. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sharper

   A sharper is an older term, common since the seventeenth-century, for thieves who use trickery to part an owner with his or her money or other possessions. Sharpers vary from what are now known as con-men by virtue of the simplicity of their cons, which often were impromptu, rather than carefully orchestrated, though those certainly happened as well. The 1737 Dictionary of Thieving Slang defines a sharper as "A Cheat, One who lives by his wits". In the nineteenth century, and into today, the term is more closely associated with gambling. Sharpers were romantic figures in the eighteenth-century, valued as imaginative figures for their perceived social independence and ability to create new social networks of gangs. The appeal of an independent society, operating outside the law, has been imaginatively evocative for centuries, but in eighteenth-century London philosophical thought, influenced by Thomas Hobbes and Rousseau's new formulations of social contract, the romanticization of thievery reached new levels. John Gay's The Beggar's Opera and Henry Fielding's novel Jonathan Wild are only two examples of sharpers as heroes, in these cases, to provide satirical ammunition against Robert Walpole, the British Prime Minister.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sharper

   Being sharper can have different meanings based on context but a general definition might be: 1) Having a fine edge or point, particularly for cutting or piercing. 2) In terms of intellect: mentally alert, clever, or quick-witted. 3) In terms of appearance: more clear, distinct, or defined. 4) In terms of qualities like vision or sound: more intense, acute or piercing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sharpernoun

   a person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sharper

   A sharper is an older term, common since the seventeenth-century, for thieves who use trickery to part an owner with his or her money possessions. Sharpers vary from what are now known as con-men by virtue of the simplicity of their cons, which often were impromptu, rather than carefully orchestrated, though those certainly happened as well. The 1737 Dictionary of Thieving Slang defines a sharper as "A Cheat, One who lives by his wits." In the nineteenth century, and into today, the term is more closely associated with gambling.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHARPER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sharper is ranked #23691 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sharper surname appeared 1,069 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sharper.
   
   80% or 856 total occurrences were Black.
   14.8% or 159 total occurrences were White.
   2.3% or 25 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Card Player
   • Swindler

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Anagrams for sharper »

1. harpers

2. phraser

How to pronounce sharper?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sharper in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sharper in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sharper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sharper in a Sentence

1. Braden Holtby:

   It’s one of those games that they deserved to win, for us, a bounce here and a couple of goals, it’s not like it’s a panic. It’s a good team over there. You play teams like that, you come back the next time you play them, do your homework, and be sharper.

2. Mark Quiroz:

   There is always going to be competition, as the home viewing experience has become so good with larger and sharper screens, requiring venues and technology providers( to) raise the bar on what the live fan experience needs to become to continually attract fans and guests.

3. William Jackson:

   The lira has come under a bit of pressure but it hasn't done too badly, there's a concern that if tensions were to escalate significantly between Russia and Turkey we could see a sharper sell off.

4. The IMF:

   A sharper slowdown in China than currently projected could have strong international spillovers through trade, commodity prices, and confidence, and lead to a more generalized slowdown in the global economy, especially if it further curtailed expectations of future income.

5. Proverb:

   The sharper the storm, the sooner it's over.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sharper
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sharper
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sharper
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharper
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharper
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sharper
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sharper