(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or
grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
(v. t.) To cause a smart in.
(v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as
the pain from puncture by nettles.
(v. i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the
smart of affliction.
(v. i.) A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity;
a dandy.
(v. i.) Smart money (see below).
(v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or
taste.
(v. i.) Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.
(v. i.) Vigorous; sharp; severe.
(v. i.) Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly;
active; sharp; clever.
(v. i.) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
(v. i.) Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or
reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.
(v. i.) Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.
(v. i.) Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
