Definition of HART

hart

Plural: hart, harts

Noun

  • A male deer, especially after its fifth year.
  • United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
  • United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943)
  • a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
  • A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
  • The meat from this animal.
  • Obsolete spelling of heart.

Examples

  • The word HART seemed too simple for his complex Scrabble strategy, yet it scored well.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of Heorot.
Cognates
Compare Welsh carw (“deer”), Latin cervus (“deer”), cervīx (“nape of the neck”), Lithuanian kárvė (“cow”), Russian коро́ва (koróva, “cow”), Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”), κορυφή (koruphḗ, “summit, crown of the head”), κορύπτω (korúptō, “to butt with horns”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏 (srū), 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā, “horn; claw, talon”), Sanskrit शरभ (śarabhá, “mythical antelope”). More at horn.

Synonyms

Lorenz Hart, Lorenz Milton Hart, Moss Hart, stag, ;, buck

Scrabble Score: 7

hart: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hart: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hart: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

hart: valid Words With Friends Word