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smart cookie (informal) a person with a keen intelligence who is particularly good at finding solutions and taking advantage of opportunities.
smarten to make neater, more attractive, or more intelligent (usu. fol. by up). [3 definitions]
smartphone a cell phone equipped with certain features such as internet access and the ability to run downloaded applications.
smart set sophisticated, fashionable people, considered as a group.
smartweed any of various small, flowering marsh plants that produce an acrid juice that irritates the skin.
smarty see "smart aleck."
smash to break (something) into small pieces by hitting, throwing, or dropping, often noisily. [13 definitions]
smashed (slang) drunk.
smashing (informal) outstanding or impressive. [2 definitions]
smash-up a damaging collision, esp. between automobiles; wreck.
smattering a small or inadequate amount, esp. of knowledge of a subject.
smear to spread or apply (a sticky, oily, or greasy substance) on or over a surface. [9 definitions]
smearcase a soft spreadable cheese, such as cottage cheese or cream cheese.
smeary having smears; smeared. [2 definitions]
smell to perceive the odor of by means of the nose. [12 definitions]
smell a rat to suspect that something is wrong.
smelling salts a scented preparation of ammonium carbonate used as an inhaled restorative, as in cases of fainting.
smelly having a strong, unpleasant, or offensive odor; malodorous.
smelt1 to melt or fuse (ores) as a means of separating and obtaining the metal content. [2 definitions]
smelt2 any of various small silvery edible fishes of the freshwater and coastal marine areas of Europe and North America.
smelt3 a past tense and past participle of smell.