smart

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   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.

2. 2intransitive verb

   To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.

3. 3transitive verb

   To cause a smart in.

4. 4intransitive verb

   Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.

5. 5intransitive verb

   Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.

6. 6intransitive verb

   A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.

7. 7intransitive verb

   Smart money (See below).

8. 8intransitive verb

   Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.

9. 9intransitive verb

   Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.

10. 10intransitive verb

    Vigorous; sharp; severe.

11. 11intransitive verb

    Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.

12. 12intransitive verb

    Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

13. 13intransitive verb

    Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.

14. 14intransitive verb

    Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.

15. 15intransitive verb

    Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.

16. 16noun

    a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

    Synonyms

    smartingsmartness
17. 17verb

    be the source of pain

    Synonyms

    achehurt
18. 18adjective

    capable of independent and apparently intelligent action

    "smart weapons"

19. 19adjective

    improperly forward or bold

    "don't be fresh with me"

    "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"

    Synonyms

    freshimpertinentimpudentoverboldsassysaucywise
20. 20adjective

    showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

21. 21adjective

    elegant and stylish

    "chic elegance"

    "a smart new dress"

    Synonyms

    chicvoguish
22. 22adjective

    quick and brisk

    "I gave him a smart salute"

    "we walked at a smart pace"

23. 23adjective

    characterized by quickness and ease in learning

    "some children are brighter in one subject than another"

    "smart children talk earlier than the average"

    Synonyms

    bright
24. 24adjective

    painfully severe

    "he gave the dog a smart blow"