smart
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.Examples: "After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!""; "He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said, "I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move. What's wrong with my face? It feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully.""; "When the thrashing stopped, Fina used the pipe to roll the first woman's corpse over. She bent down, feeling a curious distance between the sudden serenity in her mind and the actions of her limbs, and beat the flames off the jacket with her bare hands. They were sooty and smarting as she used them to pry the garment off the woman's slack shoulders, and threw it over her own."intransitive
2. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.Examples: "A goad that […] smarts the flesh."transitive
3. (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.Examples: "You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature ſmarts ſo little as a Fool."; "He that is ſurety for a ſtranger ſhall ſmart for it."; "Meanvvhile the Abate exulted in ſucceſsful vengeance, and the marquis ſmarted beneath the ſtings of diſappointment."intransitive
adj (English)
1. (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.Synonyms: cultivated, educated, learned, academical, clueful, cultivated, educated, eruditeAntonyms: ignorant, uncultivated, simpleinformal
2. (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).Examples: "smart car"; "smartcard"; "smartphone"Antonyms: dumbin-compoundsoften
3. (Southern US, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.Examples: "He raised his voice; it hurt her feelings right smart."; "That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart."Southern-USdated
4. (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.Examples: "The stars shine smarter."archaic
5. (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.Examples: "a smart gown"archaic
6. (archaic) Brisk; fresh.Examples: "a smart breeze"archaic
noun (English)
1. (slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.Examples: "[…] I reſolved to quit all further Converſation vvith Beaus and Smarts of all kinds, […]"Synonyms: fop, macaroni, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knightdatedslang
noun (English)
1. (computer hardware) 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.abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable
adj (English)
1. (mnemonic) An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timebound. (See SMART criteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)Examples: "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."Antonyms: VAPIDmnemonicnot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary