SMART, SMARTNESS (clever)
ADJECTIVES
– AKAMAI smart, clever, skilful, learned, expert, ingenious …1840 Hawaii
– BOBBISH smart, active, clever …Bk1890 sl.
– COCUM; COKUM; KOCUM; KOKUM smart, cunning, sly …1839 sl., rare
– DAB clever, smart, expert …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DOWN smart, well-informed hip …1952 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
– EDGIE; EDGY quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever …1825 Sc.
– FEAT of speech or action, hence of speakers: apt, apropos; smart, adroit …1519 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
– FLY knowing and sharp; smart …sl., chiefly Brit.
– HANDY AS A GIMLET quick, smart, useful …Bk2002 Eng. dial.
– IKEY sly, artful, smart, cunning …1887 sl., derogatory & offensive
– JANE of a woman: smart, sophisticated …1920s Sc. sl.
– QUEME skilled, clever; smart, active …c1400 obs. rare
– QUIVER active, nimble, brisk, smart, gay, lively; quick, rapid …c960 obs. exc. Eng.
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– SAPPY smart, compact, clever …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SMIRK of mental faculties: quick, ready, smart … 1607 obs.
– SMIRKY smart, neat, smiling; simpering … a1758 Sc. & US
– SPRACK brisk, active; alert, smart; in good health and spirits … 1747 chiefly Eng. dial.
– SPRACKISH brisk, active; smart, alert … 1882 chiefly Eng. dial.
– SPRAG smart, clever … a1616 rare
– TIGHT of a person: competent, capable, able, skilful; alert, smart; lively, vigorous, stout …1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TIPPY highly ingenious or clever; neat, smart …1863 colloq.
– YARRY ready; smart, quick; sharp, cunning; wary …1842 Eng. dial.
– YARY ready; smart, quick; sharp, cunning; wary …1842 Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
– GASHLY shrewdly, smartly, wittily … 1773 Sc.
– SPRACKLY actively, smartly … 1393 rare
NOUNS
– CLEVERALITY cleverness, smartness, ability …1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RUMBLEGUMPTION common sense; mental smartness …1787 Sc.
– SMARTISM smartness of speech; wittiness; a smart or witty saying … 1830 rare
NOUNS, PERSON
– BAB the smartest or sprightliest lad or lass in a company …Bk1911 Sc.
– BEEZER a smart fellow; an excellent person …1910 Sc.
– BIRD an exceptionally smart, remarkable, or accomplished person, often ironical …1839 US sl.
– BIRK a youth, a smart, young fellow …1871 Sc.
– BIRKIE; BIRKY a lively, smart young fellow; an active person …1742 Sc.
– BOY a smart, clever, capable fellow; used in derision as well as praise …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRIGHT LIGHT a bright or smart person …E20 sl.
– CHEESE an adept; a smart or clever fellow …c1860 Brit. school & university sl.
– CLEVER-BOOTS a smart or knowing person; generally used ironically or sarcastically …1847 sl.
– CLEVER-CLOGS a smart or knowing person; generally used ironically or sarcastically …1847 sl.
– CLEVER DICK a smart or knowing person; generally used ironically or sarcastically …1847 sl.
– CLEVER STICK a clever, smart, or knowing person; often used ironically or sarcastically …1959 sl.
– CLEVER-STICKS a clever, smart, or knowing person; often used ironically or sarcastically …1959 sl.
– DOUBLEHEADER a smart person …Bk1942 US sl.
– G a smart and attractive male …1987 US college sl.
– JOE DARTER a shrewd or smart person … 1908 Amer. dial.
– MAN OF WAX a smart, clever fellow; a very handsome man; also a term of endearment …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; an impertinent, mischievous, or wicked child; a tricky or precocious child …1833 Sc.
– QUIEL-LAAUNE a smart, lively fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– SMART a person who affects smartness in dress, manners, or speech … 1709 rare, often derogatory
– SMARTY a person who is smart or witty, or who would like to be thought of as such … 1847 colloq., orig. US
– SPUNKIE; SPUNKY a spirited, mettlesome, or courageous person; a smart or lively fellow …1806 Sc.
– TACK a clever or smart man …1972 Amer. dial.
– THE SMART smart people or things as a class … 1831
– TOMMY TIT a smart young fellow …18C sl.
– UNCANNY FANNY a smart girl …Bk1942 US sl.
– YANKER a smart, agile woman or man …1824 Sc. obs.
– YANKIE; YANKY a smart, agile person; a sharp, clever, forward woman …1790 Sc.
VERBS
– HAVE ALL ONE’S BUTTONS DONE UP to be smart, to be aware or ‘on the ball’ …M19 sl.
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