SMART (Scottish Business Grant) definition

(1) Capable of independent and apparently intelligent action

"Smart weapons"

(2) Improperly forward or bold

"Don't be fresh with me"

"Impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"

"An impudent boy given to insulting strangers"

"Don't get wise with me!"

(3) Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

(4) Elegant and stylish

"Chic elegance"

"A smart new dress"

"A suit of voguish cut"

(5) Quick and brisk

"I gave him a smart salute"

"We walked at a smart pace"

(6) Characterized by quickness and ease in learning

"Some children are brighter in one subject than another"

"Smart children talk earlier than the average"

(7) Painfully severe

"He gave the dog a smart blow"

(8) A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

(9) Be the source of pain