Definition of "pert" in English

adjective

1. (of a person) Attractive.

2. (of a part of the body) Well-formed; shapely.

   • pert breasts

3. Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.

4. (archaic) Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent.

5. (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden.

6. (obsolete) Clever.

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To behave with pertness; to misbehave.

noun

1. (obsolete) An impudent person.