Definizione monolingua

smart

smart (third-person singular simple present smarts, present participle smarting, simple past smarted or smort (obsolete), past participle smarted or smorten (obsolete))

1. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.

   After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed ""Ouch, my arm smarts!""

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said, ""Ill be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move. Whats wrong with my face? It feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully.""

smart (plural smarts)

1. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
2. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
3. Smart-money.
4. A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

smart (comparative smarter, superlative smartest)

1. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
2. Sharp; keen; poignant.
3. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 19

     I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me.

4. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
5. Good-looking.

   a smart outfit

6. Cleverly and/or sarcastically humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful. Cf: (verb) to smart off; (noun) smarty pants, wise guy, wiseacre, wise-ass; (adjective) cute.

   He became tired of his daughters sarcasm and smart remarks.

7. Sudden and intense.
   • 1860 July 9, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry, from Thoreaus bird-lore, Francis H. Allen (editor), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, 1910), Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau, Beacon Press, (Boston, 1993), page 239:

     There is a smart shower at 5 P.M., and in the midst of it a hummingbird is busy about the flowers in the garden, unmindful of it, though you would think that each big drop that struck him would be a serious accident.

8. (US, Southern, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.

   He raised his voice, and it hurt her feelings right smart.

   That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.

Definizione dizionario smart

abile

accorto

acuto

ardore

arguto

aspro

astuto

bello

bravo

brillante

bruciare

destro

dolere

elegante

far male

frizzante

furbo

intelligente

lepido

lesto

pungente

rapido

scaltro

smart

soffrire

stile

sveglio

svelto

Altri significati:

(US, Southern, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier '''right''' .

good-looking, as '''a smart outfit'''

to hurt or sting

Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

Cleverly and/or sarcastically humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful. Cf: (verb) to smart off; (noun) smarty pants, wise guy, wiseacre, wise-ass; (adjective) cute.

(intransitive) To hurt or sting.

Sudden and intense.

Not showing due respect.

smart (and wide-awake)

Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books

exhibiting social ability or cleverness

Good-looking.