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smart

Pronunciation: /smɑɹt/

The English word “smart” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To hurt or sting.
  2. To cause a smart or sting in.
  3. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

adjective

  1. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
  2. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
  3. Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
  4. Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
  5. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
  6. Sudden and intense.
  7. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
  8. Sharp; keen; poignant.
  9. Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
  10. Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
  11. Pretentious; showy; spruce.
  12. Brisk; fresh.
  13. Hard-working.

noun

  1. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
  2. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
  3. A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
  4. A fan of professional wrestling who is aware of kayfabe and the scripted nature of the competition.

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”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.

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