smart
//smɑɹt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- smart
- past (v2)
- smarted
- past participle (v3)
- smarted
- present participle
- smarting
- 3rd person singular
- smarts
- Comparative
- smarter
- Superlative
- smartest
- Plural
- smarts
Definitions
1.To hurt or sting.
- After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
2.To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
- She's really smart, isn't she?
- That's what smart people do.
3.To cause a smart or sting in.
- A goad that […] smarts the flesh.
1.Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
- I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me.
2.Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.(informal)
3.Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
- “Imagine this,” says an advertising consultant named Barry Lowenthal. “I’m a smart toaster, and I’m collecting data on how many times the toaster is used.”
4.Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
- You look smart in that business suit.
1.A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
- The smart of his wounded hand woke Scobie at two in the morning.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1428
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”).