smart

1 :  to cause or be the cause or seat of a sharp stinging pain; also :  to feel or have such a pain

2a :  to feel or endure distress, remorse, or embarrassment smarting from wounded vanity — W. L. Shirerb :  to pay a heavy or stinging penalty would have to smart for this foolishness

1 :  a smarting pain; especially :  a stinging local pain

2 :  poignant grief or remorse was not the sort to get over smarts — Sir Winston Churchill

3 smarts plural, slang :  intelligence, know-how

:  in a smart manner :  smartly

1 :  quick to learn or do :  bright smart students

2 :  showing good judgment :  wise a smart decision

3 :  fresh 8 “You tryin’ to be smart with me, boy?” — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh

4 :  stylish and fashionable a smart dresser

5 :  brisk 1, spirited I was walking at a smart pace.

6 :  controlled by computers and able to do things that seem intelligent a smart machine

1 :  to cause or feel a sharp stinging pain My eyes were smarting from the smoke.

2 :  to be upset She's still smarting from the criticism.

:  a stinging pain usually in one spot

:  to cause or be the cause or seat of a sharp poignant pain rapid fatigue with burning and smarting of the conjunctiva—H. G. Armstrong; also :  to feel or have such a pain