pert

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pert
    adj 1: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
           certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn:
           {impertinent}, {irreverent}, {pert}, {saucy}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pert \Pert\, a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known,
   true, free, or impudent. See {Apert}.]
   1. Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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   2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
      "A very pert manner." --Addison.
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            The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.
                                                  --Cowper.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pert \Pert\, v. i.
   To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PERT

   <programming> (PERT) A method used to size a software product
   and calculate the Standard Deviation (SD) for risk assessment.
   The PERT equation (beta distribution) estimates the Equivalent
   {Delivered Source Instructions} (EDSIs) and the SD based on
   the analyst's estimates of the lowest possible size, the most
   likely size, and the highest possible size of each computer
   program component (CPC).

   (1996-05-29)
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
PERT
       Program Evaluation / Evolution and Review Technique
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "pert":
      active, activist, activistic, aggressively self-confident, alert,
      alive, animate, animated, arch, arrogant, audacious, bantam,
      biggety, bluff, bold, bouncing, bouncy, brash, brassy, brazen,
      breezy, bright, brisk, bubbly, bumptious, challenging, cheeky,
      cheerful, chesty, chipper, chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, chutzpadik,
      cocky, conceited, contemptuous, crusty, daring, defiant, defying,
      derisive, disdainful, disregardful, disrespectful, ebullient,
      effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, facy, flip, flippant,
      forward, fresh, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep,
      gally, gay, gratuitous, greatly daring, ill-mannered, immodest,
      impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, jaunty, jolly, keen,
      know-it-all, live, lively, malapert, mercurial, militant, nervy,
      nimble, obtrusive, out of line, overwise, peacockish, peacocky,
      peart, peppy, perk, perky, presumptuous, puffed up, quicksilver,
      regardless of consequences, rude, sassy, saucy, self-conceited,
      self-opinionated, smacking, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, snappy,
      spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stuck-up, swelled-headed,
      uncalled-for, uncivil, unmannerly, vivacious, wise-ass, zingy
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