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Smart

//smɑɹt// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 3
    Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books. informal
  4. 4
    Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology). in-compounds, often

    "smart car"

  5. 5
    Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.

    "a smart outfit"

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  1. 6
    Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.

    "He became tired of his girlfriend's smart remarks."

  2. 7
    Sudden and intense.

    "smart skirmishes, in which many fell"

  3. 8
    Causing sharp pain; stinging.

    "How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience."

  4. 9
    Sharp; keen; poignant.

    "a smart pain"

  5. 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."

  6. 11
    Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. archaic

    "The stars shine smarter."

  7. 12
    Pretentious; showy; spruce. archaic

    "a smart gown"

  8. 13
    Brisk; fresh. archaic

    "a smart breeze"

  9. 14
    Hard-working. Appalachia
Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of independent and apparently intelligent action wordnet
  2. 2
    improperly forward or bold wordnet
  3. 3
    showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness wordnet
  4. 4
    elegant and stylish wordnet
  5. 5
    quick and brisk wordnet
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  1. 6
    characterized by quickness and ease in learning wordnet
  2. 7
    painfully severe wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore wordnet
  4. 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. 5
    Clipping of smart money. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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  1. 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, […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To hurt or sting. intransitive

    "After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!""

  2. 2
    be the source of pain wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause a smart or sting in. transitive

    "A goad that […] smarts the flesh."

  4. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

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.

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