smart
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: smarts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: smarting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: smarted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: smort
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
past
form: smarted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: smort
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: smorten
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: smarter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: smartest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: To hurt or sting.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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."
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, and beat the flames off the jacket with her bare hands. They were sooty and smarting as she used them to pry the garment off the woman's slack shoulders, and threw it over her own.
gloss: To cause a smart or sting in.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A goad that […] smarts the flesh.
gloss: To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
Meanvvhile the Abate exulted in ſucceſsful vengeance, and the marquis ſmarted beneath the ſtings of diſappointment.
Tiresias. I say that you are living with your next of kin in unimagined shame.
Oedipus. Do you think you can say such things and never smart for it?
Tiresias. Yes, if there be strength in truth.
gloss: Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
pos: adj
tags: informal
gloss: Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
often
examples: smart car
smartcard
smartphone
“Imagine this,” says an advertising consultant named Barry Lowenthal. “I’m a smart toaster, and I’m collecting data on how many times the toaster is used.”
gloss: Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
pos: adj
examples: a smart outfit
You look smart in that business suit.
gloss: Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
pos: adj
examples: He became tired of his girlfriend's smart remarks.
Don't get smart with me!
Who, for the poor renown of being smart / Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart, when my ill genius, who I verily believed inspired him purely for my destruction, suggested to him such a reply
The clerk gave Mr. Carlyle a knowing look, as of one smart man who will be appreciated by another.
gloss: Sudden and intense.
pos: adj
examples: smart skirmishes, in which many fell
There is a smart shower at 5 P.M., and in the midst of it a hummingbird is busy about the flowers in the garden, unmindful of it, though you would think that each big drop that struck him would be a serious accident.
gloss: Causing sharp pain; stinging.
pos: adj
examples: How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience.
gloss: Sharp; keen; poignant.
pos: adj
examples: a smart pain
gloss: Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
pos: adj
tags: Southern-US
dated
examples: He raised his voice; it hurt her feelings right smart.
That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.
gloss: Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: The stars shine smarter.
gloss: Pretentious; showy; spruce.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: a smart gown
gloss: Brisk; fresh.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: a smart breeze
gloss: Hard-working.
pos: adj
tags: Appalachia
Derived words: arsesmart
besmart
nosesmart
smarting
smartweed
smartful
book smart
book-smart
heart smart
hypersmart
nonsmart
outsmart
quicksmart
quick smart
right smart
semismart
smark
smart alec
smart aleck
smart-aleck
smart-aleckism
smart-alecky
smart-allecky
smart appliance
smart arse
smart-arse
smartarsed
smart-arsed
smart as a whip
smart as paint
smartass
smart-ass
smart ass
smart band
smart beta
smartboard
smart bomb
smartbook
smart card
smart casual
smart chance
smart charging
smart city
smart contract
smart cookie
smart device
smart doorbell
smart dress
smart drug
smart dust
smartdust
smarten
smarten up
smart farming
smart glasses
smartglasses
smart grid
smart home
smartish
smartless
smartlet
smartling
smartly
smartman
smart meter
smart mob
smartmodem
smart-money
smart money
smart motorway
smartmouth
smart-mouth
smartmouthed
smart-mouthed
smartness
smart off
smartpen
smart phone
smartphone
smart pill
smart plug
smart pointer
smart power
smart quotes
smart-reference proxy
smarts
smart set
smart shop
smartsize
smartsizing
smart speaker
SmartStamp
smart steaming
smart terminal
smart thinking
smart ticket
smart TV
smartwatch
smart watch
smarty
smarty pants
smartypants
smexy
streetsmart
street smart
street-smart
street smarts
supersmart
ultrasmart
unsmart
whip-smart
work smarter, not harder
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: интелигентен
roman: inteligenten
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 智能
roman: zhìnéng
lang: Czech
word: inteligentní
lang: Czech
word: chytrý
lang: Danish
word: intelligent
lang: Finnish
word: älykäs
lang: Finnish
word: äly-
lang: Finnish
word: täsmä-
lang: French
word: intelligent
lang: Hungarian
word: okos
lang: Indonesian
word: cerdas
lang: Indonesian
word: pintar
lang: Italian
word: intelligente
lang: Malay
word: pintar
lang: Māori
word: atamai
lang: Polish
word: inteligentny
lang: Polish
word: zręczny
lang: Polish
word: umiejętny
lang: Polish
word: sprytny
lang: Portuguese
word: inteligente
lang: Quechua
word: yachaysapa
lang: Russian
word: интеллектуальный
roman: intellektualʹnyj
lang: Russian
word: умный
roman: umnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pametan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: inteligentan
lang: Sicilian
word: ntilliggenti
lang: Slovak
word: inteligentný
lang: Slovene
word: pametni
lang: Ukrainian
word: розу́мний
roman: rozúmnyj
lang: Bulgarian
word: остроумен
roman: ostroumen
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 俏皮
roman: qiàopi
lang: Finnish
word: pisteliäs
lang: Finnish
word: näsäviisas
lang: French
word: malin
lang: French
word: astucieux
lang: Italian
word: spiritoso
lang: Russian
word: остроу́мный
roman: ostroúmnyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: geur
lang: Sicilian
word: spiritusu
lang: Ukrainian
word: доте́пний
roman: dotépnyj