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Smart

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Noun

1. smart, smarting, smartness

a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

Verb

2. ache, hurt, smart

be the source of pain

Adjective

3. smart

showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

4. chic, smart, voguish

elegant and stylish

Example Sentences:
'chic elegance'
'a smart new dress'
'a suit of voguish cut'

5. bright, smart

characterized by quickness and ease in learning

Example Sentences:
'some children are brighter in one subject than another'
'smart children talk earlier than the average'

6. fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise

improperly forward or bold

Example Sentences:
'don't be fresh with me'
'impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup'
'an impudent boy given to insulting strangers'
'Don't get wise with me!'

7. smart

painfully severe

Example Sentences:
'he gave the dog a smart blow'

8. smart

quick and brisk

Example Sentences:
'I gave him a smart salute'
'we walked at a smart pace'

9. smart

capable of independent and apparently intelligent action

Example Sentences:
'smart weapons'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Smart

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adjective
1. 
astute, as in business; clever or bright
2. 
quick, witty, and often impertinent in speech
a smart talker
3. 
fashionable; chic
a smart hotel
4. 
well-kept; neat
5. 
causing a sharp stinging pain
6. 
vigorous or brisk
7. dialect
considerable or numerous
a smart price
8. 
(of systems) operating as if by human intelligence by using automatic computer control
9. (of an electronic device)
using digital communication technology to provide many of the functions of a computer, esp internet access and social networking apps
smart phone
10. 
(of a projectile or bomb) containing a device that allows it to be guided to its target
verb (mainly intr)
11. 
to feel, cause, or be the source of a sharp stinging physical pain or keen mental distress
a nettle sting smarts
he smarted under their abuse
12. (often foll by for)
to suffer a harsh penalty
noun
13. 
a stinging pain or feeling
adverb
14. 
in a smart manner
noun
Christopher. 1722–71, British poet, author of A Song to David (1763) and Jubilate Agno (written 1758–63, published 1939). He was confined (1756–63) for religious mania and died in a debtors' prison

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Smart

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Christopher1722-71; Eng. poet
verb intransitive
1. 
a. 
to cause sharp, stinging pain, as a slap
b. 
to be the source of such pain, as a wound
c. 
to feel such pain
2. 
to feel mental distress or irritation, as in resentment, remorse, etc.
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to smart
noun
4. 
a smarting sensation, pain or distress
5.  US; [pl.]; Slang
shrewdness, intelligence, or acumen
adjective
6. 
causing sharp or stinging pain
a smart slap
7. 
sharp or stinging, as pain
8. 
brisk; vigorous; lively
walking at a smart pace
9. 
a. 
intelligent, alert, clever, witty, etc.
b. 
shrewd or sharp, as in one's dealings
10. 
neat; trim; spruce
11. 
a. 
in keeping with the current fashion; stylish
b. 
characteristic of or used by those who follow the current fashions
12.  Informal
impertinent, flippant, or saucy
13.  Dialectal
quite strong, intense, numerous, etc.; considerable
a right smart rain
14.  Computing
a. 
intelligent (sense 3) intelligent (sense 3a)
b. 
aimed, guided, and controlled precisely, through the use of computer technology
smart weapons
c. 
programmed in advance with certain features, as navigation information or sensing and self-correcting functions
smart cars, smart guns
adverb
15. 
in a smart way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Smart

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adj. smart·er, smart·est
1.
a. Having or showing intelligence; bright. See Synonyms at intelligent.
b. Canny and shrewd in dealings with others: a smart negotiator.
2.
a. Amusingly clever; witty: a smart quip; a lively, smart conversation.
b. Impertinent; insolent: That's enough of your smart talk.
3. Energetic or quick in movement: a smart pace.
4. Fashionable; elegant: a smart suit; a smart restaurant; the smart set. See Synonyms at fashionable.
5. Capable of making adjustments that resemble those resulting from human decisions, chiefly by means of electronic sensors and computer technology: smart missiles; smart machines.
intr.v. smart·ed, smart·ing, smarts
1.
a. To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain: The slap delivered to my face smarted.
b. To be the location of such a pain: The incision on my leg smarts.
c. To feel such a pain.
2. To suffer acutely, as from mental distress, wounded feelings, or remorse: "No creature smarts so little as a fool" (Alexander Pope).
n.
1. Sharp pain or anguish: the smart of the wound.
2. smarts Slang Intelligence; expertise: a reporter with a lot of smarts.
British poet whose works, such as A Song to David and Jubilate Agno, published posthumously, express an intense idiosyncratic religious feeling.

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