- To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some
part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these
wounds smart. - To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or
grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil. - Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as
the pain from puncture by nettles. - Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the
smart of affliction. - A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity;
a dandy. - Smart money (see below). - Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or
taste. - Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain. - Vigorous; sharp; severe. - Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly;
active; sharp; clever. - Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. - Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or
reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying. - Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown. - Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
2 . Smart
[ v. t.]
- To cause a smart in.
Meaning of 'smart' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . smart
[ s]
Meaning (1): - elegant and stylish
Example in sentence:
a smart new dress;
a suit of voguish cut;
chic elegance
Meaning (2): - improperly forward or bold
Example in sentence:
an impudent boy given to insulting strangers;
don't be fresh with me;
Don't get wise with me!;
impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
Meaning (3): - painfully severe
Example in sentence:
he gave the dog a smart blow
Meaning (4): - quick and brisk
Example in sentence:
I gave him a smart salute;
we walked at a smart pace
Meaning (5): - characterized by quickness and ease in learning
Example in sentence:
smart children talk earlier than the average;
some children are brighter in one subject than another
Meaning (6): - capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
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