smart

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/smɑɹt/

adj 6noun 5verb 3name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

careful, cool, enough, friendly, gentle, great, handsome, measurable

That was a smart decision to hire someone friendly and experienced for the job.

VERB + SMART

can't, deal, don't, like, look, looks, realized, set

I don't like smart people who use big words to confuse everyone else.

SMART + NOUN

alecks, boy, car, goals, kate, shirt, student, way

He bought a smart car that could park itself automatically.

PREP.

in, on

She's really smart on technology and always helps me fix my computer problems.

ADV.

really

She really smart dressed for the interview and made a great impression.

Definitions

verb

To hurt or sting.

After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"

He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said, "I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move. What's wrong with my face? It feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully."

To cause a smart or sting in.

A goad that […] smarts the flesh.

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

You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature ſmarts ſo little as a Fool.

He that is ſurety for a ſtranger ſhall ſmart for it.

adj

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.

Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).

smart car

smartcard

Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.

a smart outfit

You look smart in that business suit.

Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.

He became tired of his girlfriend's smart remarks.

Don't get smart with me!

noun

A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.

[…] the bodie had no smart / Of any wound: it was the minde that felt the cruell stings.

If chance some Shepherd with a distant Dart / The Savage wound, he rowzes at the Smart, / He foams, he roars […]

Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.

Mishaps are maistred by aduice discrete, / And counsell mitigates the greatest smart; / Found neuer help, who neuer would his hurts impart.

But oh why didst thou not stay here below / To bless us with thy heav’n lov’d innocence, […] / To stand ’twixt us and our deserved smart / But thou canst best perform that office where thou art.

Clipping of smart money.

A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

[…] I reſolved to quit all further Converſation vvith Beaus and Smarts of all kinds, […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a

verb — be the source of pain

adjective — improperly forward or bold

adjective — elegant and stylish

chic
voguish

adjective — characterized by quickness and ease in learning

bright

Antonyms

stupid

Idioms & Phrases

smart arse

One who is particularly flippant or insolent or tends to make snide remarks or jokes.

‘That Howard kid is a smart-arse little bugger!’

smart as a whip

Very intelligent.

He's a smart chap, though ——smart as a whip, and knows a horse, too. Takes after his uncle Hod there; and Hod's a deal smarter than Seth, if he'd only stick to something, or go in

Example Bank

After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"

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When the thrashing stopped, Fina used the pipe to roll the first woman's corpse over. She bent down, feeling a curious distance between the sudden serenity in her mind and the actions of her limbs, an

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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.

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smart car

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smartcard

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, smart is marked as informal, dated, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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