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# pert

«pert» in Mova's school dictionary: **cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect to someone older** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (pert, perter, pertest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pert means cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect to someone older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pert/#m1)

2) (old use) Neat, lively and smart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pert/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a pert girl or bird answers back rudely

### examples

- Don't be so pert with your teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pert/#x1)
- The pert sparrow hopped right up to our table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pert/#x2)
- He gave a pert little grin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pert/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pert» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pert/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.