smart

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1. smart - Noun

2. smart - Adjective

3. smart - Verb

4. smart - Adjective Satellite

5. Smart - Proper noun

Meaning

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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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

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women. Natalie Portman

Smart bird gets trapped in its beak. Azerbaijani Proverb

While the smart man plans to get married, the foolish one ends up with a family. Armenian Proverb

Under a shabby cloak may be a smart drinker. Portuguese Proverb

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