Definition of Smart

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Definition of Smart

Smart

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.

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

To cause a smart in.

Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.

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

A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.

Smart money (see below).

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

Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.

Vigorous; sharp; severe.

Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.

Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

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

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

Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.

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Smart Quotations

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.
Barack Obama

I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.
Mitch Hedberg

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Bill Gates

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Samuel Goldwyn

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
John C. Maxwell

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

To a smart girl men are no problem - they're the answer.
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.
Andy Rooney

Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.
Joe Biden

Smart Translations

smart in Afrikaans is slim
smart in Dutch is doortrapt, slim, gewiekst, listig
smart in Finnish is viekas
smart in German is elegant, Smart, fesch
smart in Italian is furbo, stile
smart in Portuguese is esperto
smart in Spanish is desgarrado, cauto
smart in Swedish is elegant

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