Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (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. 2. (v. i.) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil. 3. (v. t.) To cause a smart in. 4. (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles. 5. (v. i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction. 6. (n.) A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy. 7. (v. i.) Smart money (see below). 8. (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste. 9. (v. i.) Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain. 10. (v. i.) Vigorous; sharp; severe. 11. (v. i.) Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever. 12. (v. i.) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. 13. (v. i.) Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying. 14. (v. i.) Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown. 15. (v. i.) Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.

Multi-Version Concordance Smart (2 Occurrences) Proverbs 11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV) Proverbs 13:20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it. (See JPS ASV)