Smartle

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To hurt or sting with pain, often continually or repeatedly. intransitive

    "There was a little blister on Billy's knee. He looked at it with deep self-pity. "It smartles!" he said pitifully."

Example

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"There was a little blister on Billy's knee. He looked at it with deep self-pity. "It smartles!" he said pitifully."

Etymology

From smart + -le.

Related phrases

waste away

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