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smart

  [smahrt] verb, adjective, -er, -est, adverb, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
2. to be the cause of a sharp, stinging pain, as an irritating application, a blow, etc.
3. to feel a sharp, stinging pain, as in a wound.
4. to suffer keenly from wounded feelings: She smarted under their criticism.
5. to feel shame or remorse or to suffer in punishment or in return for something.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cause a sharp pain to or in.
–adjective
7. quick or prompt in action, as persons.
8. having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
9. shrewd or sharp, as a person in dealing with others or as in business dealings: a smart businessman.
10. clever, witty, or readily effective, as a speaker, speech, rejoinder, etc.
11. dashingly or impressively neat or trim in appearance, as persons, dress, etc.
12. socially elegant; sophisticated or fashionable: the smart crowd.
13. saucy; pert: smart remarks.
14. sharply brisk, vigorous, or active: to walk with smart steps.
15. sharply severe, as a blow, stroke, etc.
16. sharp or keen: a smart pain.
17. Informal. equipped with, using, or containing electronic control devices, as computer systems, microprocessors, or missiles: a smart phone; a smart copier.
18. Computers. intelligent (def. 4).
19. Older Use. considerable; fairly large.
–adverb
20. in a smart manner; smartly.
–noun
21. a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
22. keen mental suffering, as from wounded feelings, affliction, grievous loss, etc.
23. smarts, Slang. intelligence; common sense: He never had the smarts to use his opportunities.
Origin:
bef. 1050; (v.) ME smerten, OE -smeortan (only in the compound fyrsmeortende painful like fire), c. OHG smerzan (G schmerzen); (adj.) ME smerte, smart quick, prompt, sharp, orig., biting, smarting, late OE smearte, akin to the v.; (adv. and n.) ME smerte, deriv. of the adj.

Related forms:
smart⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
smartly, adverb
smartness, noun

Synonyms:
1. pain, hurt, sting. 7. lively, nimble, agile, alert, active. 8. bright, sharp, expert, adroit. 9. cunning, adept. 11. spruce; pretentious, showy. 12. chic. 14. energetic. 16. stinging, poignant, penetrating.

Antonyms:
8. stupid.
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smart   (smärt)   
adj.   smart·er, smart·est
    1. Characterized by sharp quick thought; bright. See Synonyms at intelligent.
    2. Amusingly clever; witty: a smart quip; a lively, smart conversation.
    3. Impertinent; insolent: That's enough of your smart talk.
    4. Capable of making adjustments that resemble human decisions, especially in response to changing circumstances: smart missiles.
    5. Manufactured to regulate the amount of light transmitted in response to varying light conditions or to an electronic sensor or control unit: smart windows.
  2. Energetic or quick in movement: a smart pace.
  3. Canny and shrewd in dealings with others: a smart negotiator.
  4. Fashionable; elegant: a smart suit; a smart restaurant; the smart set. See Synonyms at fashionable.
    1. Capable of making adjustments that resemble human decisions, especially in response to changing circumstances: smart missiles.
    2. Manufactured to regulate the amount of light transmitted in response to varying light conditions or to an electronic sensor or control unit: smart windows.
  6. New England & Southern U.S. Accomplished; talented: He's a right smart ball player.
intr.v.   smart·ed, smart·ing, smarts
    1. To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain: The slap delivered to my face smarted.
    2. To be the location of such a pain: The incision on my leg smarts.
    3. 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).
  3. To suffer or pay a heavy penalty.
n.  
  1. Sharp mental or physical pain. See Synonyms at pain.
  2. smarts Slang Intelligence; expertise: a reporter with a lot of smarts.
Phrasal Verb(s):
smart off Informal To speak or act impertinently.

Idiom(s):
right smart New England & Southern U.S. A lot; a considerable amount: He did right smart of the work himself.

[Middle English, stinging, keen, alert, from Old English smeart, causing pain.]
smart'ly adv., smart'ness n.
Smart is a word that has diverged considerably from its original meaning of "stinging, sharp," as in a smart blow. The standard meaning of "clever, intelligent," probably picks up on the original semantic element of vigor or quick movement. Smart has taken on other senses as a regionalism. In New England and in the South smart can mean "accomplished, talented." The phrase right smart can even be used as a noun meaning "a considerable number or amount": "We have read right smart of that book" (Catherine C. Hopley).
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Smart

Smart\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smarting.] [OE. smarten, AS. smeortan; akin to D. smarten, smerten, G. schmerzen, OHG. smerzan, Dan. smerte, SW. sm["a]rta, D. smart, smert, a pain, G. schmerz, Ohg. smerzo, and probably to L. mordere to bite; cf. Gr. ????, ?????, terrible, fearful, Skr. m?d to rub, crush. Cf. Morsel.]

1. 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. --Chaucer. --Shak.

2. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.

No creature smarts so little as a fool. --Pope.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. --Prov. xi. 15.

Smart

Smart\, v. t. To cause a smart in. "A goad that . . . smarts the flesh." --T. Adams.

Smart

Smart\, n. [OE. smerte. See Smart, v. i.]

1. Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles. "In pain's smart." --Chaucer.

2. Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.

To stand 'twixt us and our deserved smart. --Milton.

Counsel mitigates the greatest smart. --Spenser.

3. A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy. [Slang] --Fielding.

4. Smart money (see below). [Canf]

Smart

Smart\, a. [Compar. Smarter; superl. Smartest.] [OE. smerte. See Smart, v. i.]

1. Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.

How smart lash that speech doth give my conscience. --Shak.

2. Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.

3. Vigorous; sharp; severe. "Smart skirmishes, in which many fell." --Clarendon.

4. Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever. [Colloq.]

5. Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. "The stars shine smarter." --Dryden.

6. Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.

Who, for the poor renown of being smart Would leave a sting within a brother's heart? --Young.

A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very smart. --Addison.

7. Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.

8. Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.

Smart money. (a) Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation. (b) (Mil.) Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and injures received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service. (c) (Law) Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done. --Burrill. --Greenleaf.

Smart ticket, a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart money. [Eng.] --Brande & C.

Syn: Pungent; poignant; sharp; tart; acute; quick; lively; brisk; witty; clever; keen; dashy; showy.

Usage: Smart, Clever. Smart has been much used in New England to describe a person who is intelligent, vigorous, and active; as, a smart young fellow; a smart workman, etc., conciding very nearly with the English sense of clever. The nearest approach to this in England is in such expressions as, he was smart (pungent or witty) in his reply, etc.; but smart and smartness, when applied to persons, more commonly refer to dress; as, a smart appearance; a smart gown, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : smart
Spanish: elegante,
German: fesch,
Japanese: スマートな
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smart

adj. Said of a program that does the Right Thing in a wide variety of complicated circumstances. There is a difference between calling a program smart and calling it intelligent; in particular, there do not exist any intelligent programs (yet -- see AI-complete). Compare robust (smart programs can be brittle).
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smart  (v.)
O.E. smeortan "be painful," from W.Gmc. *smert- (cf. M.Du. smerten, Du. smarten, O.H.G. smerzan, Ger. schmerzen "to pain," originally "to bite"), from PIE base *(s)merd-, from base *(s)mer- "to rub, pound" (cf. Gk. smerdnos "terrible, dreadful," Skt. mardayati "grinds, rubs, crushes," L. mordere to bite").

smart  (adj.)
late O.E. smeart "sharp, severe, stinging," related to smeortan (see smart (v.)). Meaning "quick, active, clever" is attested from c.1303, probably from the notion of "cutting" wit, words, etc.; meaning "trim in attire" first attested 1718, "ascending from the kitchen to the drawing-room c.1880." [Weekley] In ref. to devices, "behaving as though guided by intelligence" (e.g. smart bomb) first attested 1972. Smarts "good sense, intelligence," is first recorded 1968. Smart aleck is from 1865, perhaps in allusion to Aleck Hoag, notorious pimp, thief, and confidence man in New York City in early 1840s. Smart cookie is from 1948; smarty-pants first attested 1941.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: smart
Pronunciation: 'smärt
Function: intransitive verb
: to cause or be the cause or seat of a sharp poignant pain smarting of the conjunctiva —H. G. Armstrong>; also : to feel or have such a pain
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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SMART
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smart
1. Said of a program that does the Right Thing in a wide variety of complicated circumstances. There is a difference between calling a program smart and calling it intelligent; in particular, there do not exist any intelligent programs (yet - see AI-complete).
Compare robust (smart programs can be brittle).
2. Incorporating some kind of digital electronics.
(1995-03-28)

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