smart
To hurt or sting.
Example
“After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"”
Other meanings
To cause a smart or sting in.
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "smerten".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “smart” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.