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How to pronounce smart
Say it like this: /smɑɹt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does smart mean?
verbTo hurt or sting.
“After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"”
To cause a smart or sting in.
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
“He that is ſurety for a ſtranger ſhall ſmart for it.”
adjExhibiting social ability or cleverness.
Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
nounA sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
“The smart of his wounded hand woke Scobie at two in the morning.”
Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
“Mishaps are maistred by aduice discrete, / And counsell mitigates the greatest smart; / Found neuer help, who neuer would his hurts impart.”
A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
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