- (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.) A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
- (v.i.) Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.
- (v.i.) Accomplishing or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.
- (v.i.) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
- (v.t.) To cause a smart in.
- (v.i.) Vigorous; sharp; severe.
- (v.i.) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
- (v.i.) Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.
- (v.i.) Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.
- (v.i.) Smart money (see below).
- (v.i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.
- (v.i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.
- (v.i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.
- (v.i.) Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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