Definition of smart

• 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.