smart

[[t]smɑrt[/t]]

adj. smart•er, smart•est, v. adv. n.

1) having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability:

a smart student[/ex]

2) quick or prompt in action, as a person

3) shrewd or sharp, as a person in dealing with others

4) clever, witty, or readily effective, as a speaker, speech, or rejoinder

5) neat or trim in appearance, as a person or garment; spruce

6) socially elegant; sophisticated or fashionable:

the smart crowd[/ex]

7) saucy; pert:

smart remarks[/ex]

8) brisk or vigorous:

to walk with smart steps[/ex]

9) sharply severe, as a blow

10) sharp or keen:

a smart pain[/ex]

11) equipped with, using, or containing electronic control devices, as missiles

12) cmp

intelligent 4)

13) to be a source of sharp, local, and usu. superficial pain, as a wound

14) to be the cause of a sharp, stinging pain, as an irritating application or a blow

15) to feel a sharp, stinging pain, as in a wound

16) to suffer keenly from wounded feelings

17) to feel shame or remorse or to suffer in punishment or in return for something

18) to cause a sharp pain to or in

19) in a smart manner; smartly

20) a sharp local pain, usu. superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting

21) keen mental suffering, as from wounded feelings, affliction, or grievous loss

22) smarts, Informal. intelligence; common sense

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Etymology: bef. 1050; (v.) ME smerten, OE -smeortan, c. MDsmerten, OHG smerzan; (adj.) ME smerte, smart, late OE smearte, akin to the v. smart′ly, adv. smart′ness, n.