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# tangy

«tangy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Tangy describes a sharp, strong, pleasant taste or smell…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (tangy, tangier, tangiest)

### meaning for a pupil

Tangy describes a sharp, strong, pleasant taste or smell, often a bit sour, like lemon, lime or orange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tangy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Food and science: taste words — sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami; tangy is a sharp, fresh mix often from sour fruit. Stories and descriptive writing: «the tangy smell of the sea». Advertisements: «tangy orange flavour».

### examples

- This lemonade is lovely and tangy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tangy/#x1)
- I like tangy cheese and onion crisps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tangy/#x2)
- The orange juice tasted tangy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tangy/#x3)
- The salty, tangy air of the seaside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tangy/#x4)
- Add lime for a tangy flavour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tangy/#x5)
- Rhubarb is tangy, so we add sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tangy/#x6)

### note

Comparative: tangier, tangiest. Noun: tang (a sharp taste or smell). Similar: zesty, sharp, sour. Tangy is usually a pleasant word; sour may be unpleasant.

### In the corpora

- [Bacteria in yoghurt turn milk sugar into lactic acid, which makes it thick and tangy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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