What is the full meaning of smart?

Answer 1

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