curt
IPA: kˈɝt
noun
- A short form of the male given name Curtis
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, an anglicized spelling of Kurt
verb
- (obsolete, rare) To cut, cut short, shorten.
adjective
- Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
- Short or concise.
Advertisement
Examples of "curt" in Sentences
- "I mind well enough, I reckon," I said, kind of curt-like.
- He would speak a curt farewell and step out of the lives of the two.
- you know curt, that is the trouble reviewing stuff nobody does first.
- Unless they actually meant to be 'curt' to someone, like actually being rude to customers ...
- Loder talked continuously, sometimes in short, curt sentences, sometimes with ironic touches of humor; he talked until
- Another German "fashion", the way they go about things, could be described as curt, without hesitation, and always adequate.
- He said little of himself, but as he went on in short, curt sentences the picture grew more distinct, and to Virginia the man became more and more prominent in it.
- Ling Chu, his impassive Chinese servant, had observed those symptoms of perplexity before, but now there was something new in his master's demeanour -- a kind of curt irritation, an anxiety which in the Hunter of
Advertisement
Advertisement