Definitions for smart
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. smart, smarting, smartness(adj)

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

2. smart(adj)

   showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

3. chic, smart, voguish(adj)

   elegant and stylish

   "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"

4. bright, smart(adj)

   characterized by quickness and ease in learning

   "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"

5. fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise(adj)

   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!"

6. smart(adj)

   painfully severe

   "he gave the dog a smart blow"

7. smart(adj)

   quick and brisk

   "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace"

8. smart(verb)

   capable of independent and apparently intelligent action

   "smart weapons"

9. ache, smart, hurt(verb)

   be the source of pain

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Smart(verb)

   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

2. Smart(verb)

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

3. Smart(verb)

   to cause a smart in

4. Smart(verb)

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

5. Smart(verb)

   severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction

6. Smart(verb)

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

7. Smart(verb)

   smart money (see below)

8. Smart(verb)

   causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste

9. Smart(verb)

   keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain

10. Smart(verb)

    vigorous; sharp; severe

11. Smart(verb)

    accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever

12. Smart(verb)

    efficient; vigorous; brilliant

13. Smart(verb)

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

14. Smart(verb)

    pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown

15. Smart(verb)

    brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze

Origin: [OE. smerte. See Smart, v. i.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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).

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1. smart

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'smart' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3340

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'smart' in Adjectives Frequency: #724

Anagrams for smart »

1. marts

2. trams

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smart in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smart in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of smart in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   That makes me smart.

2. Sarah Palin:

   Not if they're smart!

3. Sara Haines:

   Very smart model move.

4. Jatin Thukral:

   Think smart and move fast.

5. Jose Miguel Lobaina:

   This man was arguably smart.

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