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smart

[ smahrt ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.

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  2. to be the cause of a sharp, stinging pain, as an irritating application, a blow, etc.
  3. to feel a sharp, stinging pain, as in a wound.
  4. to suffer keenly from wounded feelings:

    She smarted under their criticism.

  5. to feel shame or remorse or to suffer in punishment or in return for something.


verb (used with object)

  1. to cause a sharp pain to or in.

adjective

smarter, smartest.
  1. quick or prompt in action, as persons.

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  2. having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability:

    a smart student.

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  3. shrewd or sharp, as a person in dealing with others or as in business dealings:

    a smart businessman.

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  4. clever, witty, or readily effective, as a speaker, speech, rejoinder, etc.
  5. dashingly or impressively neat or trim in appearance, as persons, dress, etc.

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  6. socially elegant; sophisticated or fashionable:

    the smart crowd.

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  7. saucy; pert:

    smart remarks.

  8. sharply brisk, vigorous, or active:

    to walk with smart steps.

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  9. sharply severe, as a blow, stroke, etc.
  10. sharp or keen:

    a smart pain.

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  11. Digital Technology.
    1. (of a machine, system, etc.) equipped with electronic control mechanisms, software programs, etc., and capable of remote, automated, and seemingly intelligent operation:

      smart copiers;

      smart weapons;

      a smart thermostat.

    2. equipped with microprocessors, as for data processing, internet access, etc. (usually used in combination):

      a smartphone;

      a smartwatch.

  12. having properties that can be changed in response to stimuli or environmental conditions; self-regulating:

    smart fabrics that respond to temperature or light.

  13. Older Use. considerable; fairly large.

adverb

  1. in a smart manner; smartly.

noun

  1. a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
  2. keen mental suffering, as from wounded feelings, affliction, grievous loss, etc.
  3. smarts, Slang. intelligence; common sense:

    He never had the smarts to use his opportunities.

smart

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/ ɑː /

adjective

  1. astute, as in business; clever or bright
  2. quick, witty, and often impertinent in speech

    a smart talker

  3. fashionable; chic

    a smart hotel

  4. well-kept; neat
  5. causing a sharp stinging pain
  6. vigorous or brisk
  7. dialect.
    considerable or numerous

    a smart price

  8. (of systems) operating as if by human intelligence by using automatic computer control
  9. (of a projectile or bomb) containing a device that allows it to be guided to its target
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to feel, cause, or be the source of a sharp stinging physical pain or keen mental distress

    a nettle sting smarts

    he smarted under their abuse

  2. often foll by for to suffer a harsh penalty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a stinging pain or feeling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. in a smart manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Smart

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/ ɑː /

noun

  1. SmartChristopher17221771MBritishWRITING: poet Christopher. 1722–71, British poet, author of A Song to David (1763) and Jubilate Agno (written 1758–63, published 1939). He was confined (1756–63) for religious mania and died in a debtors' prison
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of smart1

First recorded before 1050; Middle English (verb) smerten, Old English -smeortan (only in the compound fyrsmeortende “painful like fire”), cognate with Old High German smerzan ( German schmerzen ); (adjective) Middle English smerte, smart “quick, prompt, sharp,” originally, “biting, smarting,” late Old English smearte, akin to the verb; (adverb and noun) Middle English smerte, derivative of the adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of smart1

Old English smeortan; related to Old High German smerzan, Latin ǰŧ to bite, Greek smerdnos terrible
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In a smart detail, Mendelsohn’s unnamed racist shoots the other white guy in the store a complicit wink.

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My profile summarized “a smart, fit, attractive widow seeking a kind, committed life partner.”

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The tone had been set, the Lakers playing a big game against Golden State without the necessary rhythm, without the necessary toughness, without the necessary smarts.

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