Meaning of smart in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To hurt or sting.

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

• To cause a smart or sting in.

• To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

adjective

• Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

• Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

• (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).

  Example: smart bomb

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

  Example: You look smart in that business suit.

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

  Example: Don't get smart with me!

• Sudden and intense.

• Causing sharp pain; stinging.

• Sharp; keen; poignant.

  Example: a smart pain

• (Southern) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.

  Example: He raised his voice, and it hurt her feelings right smart.

• Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

• Pretentious; showy; spruce.

  Example: a smart gown

• Brisk; fresh.

  Example: a smart breeze

noun

• A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.

• Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.

• Smart-money.

• A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.