smart

adj

1. An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timebound. (See SMART criteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)

   “Over time, I noticed various exercises I did with Woebot rubbing off in my daily life. Woebot taught me how to set SMART goals — specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-limited.”

name

1. Acronym of International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.

noun

1. Acronym of self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology: a monitoring system included in computer HDDs and SSDs in order to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardware failures.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.

1. To hurt or sting.

   “After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"”

   “He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said, "I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move. What's wrong with my face? It feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully."”

2. To cause a smart or sting in.

   “A goad that […] smarts the flesh.”

3. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

   “You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature ſmarts ſo little as a Fool.”

   “He that is ſurety for a ſtranger ſhall ſmart for it.”