What does smart mean?
Definitions for smart
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Princeton's WordNet
smart, smarting, smartnessadjective
a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smartadjective
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
chic, smart, voguishadjective
elegant and stylish
"chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"
bright, smartadjective
characterized by quickness and ease in learning
"some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"
fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wiseadjective
improperly forward or bold
"don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
smartadjective
painfully severe
"he gave the dog a smart blow"
smartadjective
quick and brisk
"I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace"
smartverb
capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
"smart weapons"
ache, smart, hurtverb
be the source of pain
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Smartadjective
Etymology: from the noun.
How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience? William Shakespeare.
To the fair he fain would quarter show,
His tender heart recoils at every blow;
If unawares he gives too smart a stroke,
He means but to correct, and not provoke. George Granville.That day was spent in smart skirmishes, in which many fell. Edward Hyde.
This sound proceeded from the nimble and smart percussions of the ambient air, made by the swift and irregular motions of the particles of the liquors. Boyle.
After show’rs,
The stars shine smarter, and the moon adorns,
As with unborrow’d beams, her sharpen’d horns. Dryden.It was a smart reply that Augustus made to one that ministred this comfort of the fatality of things: this was so far from giving any ease to his mind, that it was the very thing that troubled him. John Tillotson.
You may see a smart rhetorician turning his hat in his hands, during the whole course of his harangue. A deaf man would think he was cheapening a beaver. Addison.
Smartnoun
Etymology: smeorta , Saxon; smert, Dutch; smarta, Swedish.
Then her mind, though too late, by the smart, was brought to think of the disease. Philip Sidney.
Mishaps are master’d by advice discreet,
And counsel mitigates the greatest smart. Fairy Queen.It increased the smart of his present sufferings, to compare them with his former happiness. Francis Atterbury.
Smartnoun
A fellow affecting briskness and vivacity. A cant word.
To Smartverb
Etymology: smeortan , Saxon; smerten, Dutch.
When a man’s wounds cease to smart, only because he has lost his feeling, they are nevertheless mortal. South.
Human blood, when first let, is mild, and will not make the eye or a fresh wound smart. Arbuthnot.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Let peals of laughter, Codrus! round thee break,
Thou unconcern’d can’st hear the mighty crack. Alexander Pope.
Webster Dictionary
Smartverb
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
Smartverb
to feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil
Smartverb
to cause a smart in
Smartverb
quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles
Smartverb
severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction
Smartverb
a fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy
Smartverb
smart money (see below)
Smartverb
causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste
Smartverb
keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain
Smartverb
vigorous; sharp; severe
Smartverb
accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever
Smartverb
efficient; vigorous; brilliant
Smartverb
marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying
Smartverb
pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown
Smartverb
brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze
Etymology: [OE. smerte. See Smart, v. i.]
Freebase
SMart
SMart is a British CBBC television programme based on the subject of art, which began in 1994 and ended in 2009. The programme was recorded at BBC Television Centre in London, previously it had been recorded in Studio A at BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham. The format is similar to the Tony Hart programmes Take Hart and Hartbeat. The show was revamped into an hour-long show in 2007; it was previously a 25 minute show. The 'older' 25 minute shows from 1994-2005 also featured Morph, originally from Take Hart. It has 199 episodes.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Smart
smärt, n. quick, stinging pain of body or mind: smart-money: a dandy.—v.i. to feel a smart: to be punished.—adj. causing a smart: severe: sharp: vigorous, brisk: acute, witty, pert, vivacious: well-dressed, fine, fashionable: keen in business: creditable, up-to-the-mark.—v.t. Smart′en, to make smart, to brighten (with up).—adv. Smart′ly.—ns. Smart′-mon′ey, money paid by a recruit for his release before being sworn in: money paid for escape from any unpleasant situation or engagement: excessive damages: money allowed to soldiers and sailors for wounds; Smart′ness; Smart′-tick′et, a certificate granted to one entitled to smart-money; Smart′-weed, a name given to some of the Milkworts from their acrid properties, esp. Polygonum Hydropiper, or Waterpepper; Smart′y, a would-be smart fellow. [A.S. smeortan; Dut. smarten, Ger. schmerzen.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
smart
Said of a program that does the Right Thing in a wide variety of complicated circumstances. There is a difference between calling a program smart and calling it intelligent; in particular, there do not exist any intelligent programs (yet — see AI-complete). Compare robust (smart programs can be brittle).
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
smart
Ready, active, and intelligent.
Editors Contribution
smart
A form of intelligent, practical and logical technology.
Smart technology is a term used to describe intelligent, practical and logical technology.
Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of smart in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of smart in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of smart in a Sentence
On the wall ? Will I veto it ? 100 %, and I don't think it survives the veto. We have too many smart people that want border security, so I can't imagine it can survive a veto. But I will veto it, yes.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton:
If you're a smart young black male you don't necessarily want to go into American policing, you want to get hired by Twitter or Google, make a lot more money and not have the complexities of being a black policeman in America today.
As far as 12 of one model, 30 of another and 100 of a third … that’s another Wednesday morning in the British Army, ukraine is throwing smart people at their maintenance issues along with both true mechanized logistics and modern warehousing information technology to help keep track of parts with modern 2D and 3D bar coding on their spares packaging.
A smart person never ever buys a house or anything on any financial loan.
Nothing projects intelligence quite like confidence. When you believe in yourself, it shows, and research shows that believing in yourself improves your performance on cognitive tasks. Self-doubt, on the other hand, impairs your performance. What’s worse is that other people pick up on this doubt, which makes you appear less intelligent to them. If you want people to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. If you’re really smart, you should n’t have to use big words to broadcast it. True intelligence speaks for itself, so you don’t have to show off your impressive vocabulary. In addition, you always run the chance of being wrong. Using a big word incorrectly makes you look, well, not so smart. So, if you want to appear more intelligent, stop studying the dictionary and just focus on communicating effectively. Related : 8 Great Tricks for Reading People's Body Language Communication expert Leonard Mlodinow makes the case that even if two people say exactly the same thing, the one who says it most expressively will be perceived as being smarter. If two speakers utter exactly the same words, but one speaks a little faster and louder and with fewer pauses and greater variation in volume, that speaker will be judged to be more energetic, knowledgeable, and intelligent.
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- intelligentAfrikaans
- ذكيArabic
- разумныBelarusian
- уменBulgarian
- bystrý, chytrý, inteligentníCzech
- smart, klogDanish
- intelligent, gescheit, klug, schmerzenGerman
- inteligentaEsperanto
- vivo, intelectual, vivaracho, escocer, listo, inteligenteSpanish
- nutikasEstonian
- هوشمندPersian
- terävä, raikas, äly, pistävä, pistää, kirvellä, raju, älykäs, hyvännäköinen, fiksu, näyttävä, tuskallinen, pisteliäs, välkky, tyylikäs, sattuaFinnish
- piquer, habile, intelligentFrench
- tapaidhScottish Gaelic
- חכםHebrew
- बुद्धिमान, चतुर, होशियार, चालाक, स्मार्टHindi
- խելացի, խելոքArmenian
- pintarIndonesian
- inteligenteItalian
- 頭がいい, 賢い, スマート, 利口, 機敏, 敏い, 痛めるJapanese
- ჭკვიანი, გონიერიGeorgian
- ឆ្លាតKhmer
- 똑똑한Korean
- زیرهکKurdish
- callidusLatin
- protingasLithuanian
- gudrsLatvian
- pākinikini, pākikiniMāori
- smart, klokNorwegian
- slimDutch
- smartNorwegian
- zmyślny, elegancki, sprytny, piec, szczypać, bystryPolish
- elegante, esperto, inteligentePortuguese
- isteț, descurcăreț, deșteptRomanian
- смышлёный, находчивый, понятливый, сообразительный, разумный, элегантный, умныйRussian
- चतुरSanskrit
- pametan, паметанSerbo-Croatian
- chytrý, bystrýSlovak
- pametenSlovene
- klok, göra ont, smärta, smartSwedish
- நுண்ணறிTamil
- ฉลาดThai
- acımak, ağrımak, akıllıTurkish
- розумнийUkrainian
- ہوشیارUrdu
- thông minh, 聰明Vietnamese
- 聪明Chinese
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