2. Noun. (informal chiefly US) intelligence; smartness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smarts
1. smart [v] - See also: smart
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smarts
Literary usage of Smarts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1874)
"smarts and the Stewarts. That the occurrence of a case of typhus 11 a densely
... So far as the smarts are concerned, then, it is doubtful whether they ..."
2. Helping Your Child Learn Math: With Activities for Children Aged 5 Through 13 by Patsy R. Kenter (1992)
"... t* = Card smarts Have your children sharpen their math skills even more.
What you'll need What to do Deck of cards I Paper Pencil U * A 'S How many ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"Take it for a rule, *io creature smarts so little as a fool. [From the Prologue
to the Sátira, Addressed to Arbuthnot.] P. Shut up the door, ..."
4. Juvenile Crime: Its Causes, Character, and Cure by Samuel Phillips Day (1858)
"And to what infallible tribunal is the appellant to refer, who smarts under a
grievance to which, perhaps, he has been unjustly subjected? ..."
5. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"No creature smarts so little as a fool. /V/v No crime is so great as daring to
excel. ... smarts ..."
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