Smart
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
"[…] the bodie had no smart / Of any wound: it was the minde that felt the cruell stings."
- 2 Acronym of self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology; also S.M.A.R.T.: a monitoring system included in computer HDDs and SSDs in order to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardware failures. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 3 a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore wordnet
- 4 Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
"Mishaps are maistred by aduice discrete, / And counsell mitigates the greatest smart; / Found neuer help, who neuer would his hurts impart."
- 5 Clipping of smart money. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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- 6 A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever. dated, slang
"[…] I reſolved to quit all further Converſation vvith Beaus and Smarts of all kinds, […]"
- 1 To hurt or sting. intransitive
"After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!""
- 2 be the source of pain wordnet
- 3 To cause a smart or sting in. transitive
"A goad that […] smarts the flesh."
- 4 To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil. intransitive
"You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature ſmarts ſo little as a Fool."
- 1 Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
"I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me."
- 2 An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timebound. (See SMART criteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia) mnemonic, not-comparable
"Over time, I noticed various exercises I did with Woebot rubbing off in my daily life. Woebot taught me how to set SMART goals — specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-limited."
- 3 Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books. informal
- 4 Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology). in-compounds, often
"smart car"
- 5 Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
"a smart outfit"
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- 6 Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
"He became tired of his girlfriend's smart remarks."
- 7 Sudden and intense.
"smart skirmishes, in which many fell"
- 8 Causing sharp pain; stinging.
"How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience."
- 9 Sharp; keen; poignant.
"a smart pain"
- 10 Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right. Southern-US, dated
"He raised his voice; it hurt her feelings right smart."
- 11 Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. archaic
"The stars shine smarter."
- 12 Pretentious; showy; spruce. archaic
"a smart gown"
- 13 Brisk; fresh. archaic
"a smart breeze"
- 14 Hard-working. Appalachia
- 1 capable of independent and apparently intelligent action wordnet
- 2 improperly forward or bold wordnet
- 3 showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness wordnet
- 4 elegant and stylish wordnet
- 5 quick and brisk wordnet
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- 6 characterized by quickness and ease in learning wordnet
- 7 painfully severe wordnet
- 1 Acronym of International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 2 A surname.
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More examples"She is rich, to be sure, but I don't think she's very smart."
Etymology
From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.
From Middle English smert, smart, from Old English smeart (“smarting, smart, painful”), from Proto-West Germanic *smart, from Proto-Germanic *smartaz (“hurting, aching”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert (“painful, smart”), Old Frisian smert (“sharp, painful”).
From Middle English smerte, from smerten (“to smart”); see above. Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smart, Low German smart, German Schmerz, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta. More above.