• 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.