 | Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
(v. t.)
To cause a smart in.
(v. i.)
Vigorous; sharp; severe.
(v. i.)
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
(v. i.)
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.
(v. i.)
Smart money (see below).
(v. i.)
Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.
(v. i.)
Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.
(v. i.)
Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.
(v. i.)
Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.
(v. i.)
Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.
(v. i.)
Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
(v. i.)
Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.
(v. i.)
Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
(v. i.)
Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.
(v. i.)
A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
 | WordNet 2.0 |
Noun
1. a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
(synonym) smarting
(hypernym) pain, hurting
(derivation) ache, hurt
Verb
1. be the source of pain
(synonym) ache, hurt
(hypernym) cause to be perceived
(hyponym) bite, sting, burn
(derivation) smarting
Adjective
1. showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
(antonym) stupid
(similar) astute, sharp, shrewd
(see-also) intelligent
2. elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"
(synonym) chic, voguish
(similar) stylish, fashionable
3. characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"
(synonym) bright
(similar) intelligent
4. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"
(synonym) fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, saucy, sassy
(similar) forward
5. marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
(synonym) dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
(similar) fashionable, stylish
 | Australian Slang |
one who is ostentatious in the display of knowledge or skill, often despite basic ignorance or lack of ability
particularly intelligent person
 | Anagram |
 | hEnglish - advanced version |
smart\smart\, v. t. to cause a smart in. "a goad that smarts the flesh." adams.
smart \smart\, n. [oe. smerte. see smart, v. i.]
1. quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles. "in pain's smart."
2. severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction. to stand 'twixt us and our deserved smart. counsel mitigates the greatest smart.
3. a fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy. [slang]
4. smart money (see below). [canf]
smart \smart\ (?), a. [compar. smarter (?); superl. smartest.] [oe. smerte. see smart, v. i.] 1. causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste. how smart lash that speech doth give my conscience.
2. keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.
3. vigorous; sharp; severe. "smart skirmishes, in which many fell."
4. accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever. [colloq.]
5. efficient; vigorous; brilliant. "the stars shine smarter."
6. marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying. who, for the poor renown of being smart would leave a sting within a brother's heart? a sentence or two, which i thought very smart.
7. pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.
8. brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
smart money. (a) money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation. (b) (mil.) money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the english service, for wounds and injures received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service. (c) (law) vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done. --greenleaf.
smart ticket, a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart money. [eng.]
similar words(4)
 | JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Arebol = a. fluent, witty, smart
Del = a. stiff; pert, saucy; smart
Delaidd = a. stiffish, smart
Dillyn = n. an ornament, a. smart, trim, spruce
Dillynes = n. a smart female
Ffat = n. a pat, a smart blow
Gwain = n. what serves or supports; a carriage; a sheath, a. smart, neat,
Gwaint = n. what is smart or lively, a. smart, neat; brisk
Gwew = n. purgency; a smart
Gwymp = a. smart, trim; fair
Pert = a. smart, spruce, pert
Perten = n. a smart little girl
Pertyn = n. a smart little fellow
Pres = n. what is quick, sharp, or smart; haste; brushwood; fuel; anything streweed; a crib; a place of resort; brass: a. quick, hasty; sharp, over-running, frequent; present
Prestl = a. ready, smart fluent
Syw = a regular, trim, smart
Trwyadl = a. alert, smart, lively
Twt = n. what is complete, n. complete, neat, smart