Smart

verb

/smɑːt/

Word Frequency: 10.4

Definitions

1.verbTo hurt or sting.

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

2.verbTo cause a smart or sting in.

3.verbTo feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

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