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Definition of Smart as a whip
1. Adjective. Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence. "A brilliant solution to the problem"
Similar to: Intelligent
Derivative terms: Brain, Brain, Brilliance, Brilliancy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smart As A Whip
Literary usage of Smart as a whip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pioneer History of Milwaukee by James Smith Buck (1884)
"smart as a whip—cunning as a serpent, but not as " harmless as a dove "; not if
my memory is correct, and I think it is. Chas. E. Tuttle, Dr. Whitney, Geo. ..."
2. A Book about Myself by Theodore Dreiser (1922)
"I laughed. "Say," I said to Paul when Howley had gone about some work,''how could
you fail with him around ? He's as smart as a whip, and they're all good ..."
3. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"... up smart as a whip." "I wanted to do all I could to help the poor chap."
"Where you were best was the way you laid it on about how guilty she looked ..."
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