5 o'clock sharp
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sharp vs. -ish
sharp adverb BrE /ʃɑːp/ ; NAmE /ʃɑːrp/
1. exactly - used after an expression for a time of day to mean ‘exactly’
Please be here at seven o'clock sharp.
2. left/right - (British English) sharp left/right turning suddenly to the left or right
3. music - (sharper, no superlative) above the correct pitch (= how high or low a note sounds)
opposite flat
Idioms
look sharp - (British English, informal) used in orders to tell somebody to be quick or to hurry
You'd better look sharp or you'll be late
-ish suffix(in adjectives)
1. from the country mentioned
Turkish
Irish
2. (sometimes disapproving) having the nature of; like
childish
3. fairly; approximately
reddish
thirtyish
I'm going to be there at eightish (=approximately)
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