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sma ll-sca le ADJ [usu ADJ n] A small-scale activity or organization is small in size and limited in extent. □  …the small-scale production of farmhouse cheeses in Devon.

sma ll scree n N‑SING When people talk about the small screen , they are referring to television, in contrast to films that are made for the cinema. □  Now he is also to become a star of the small screen.

sma ll talk N‑UNCOUNT Small talk is polite conversation about unimportant things that people make at social occasions. □  Smiling for the cameras, the two men strained to make small talk.

sma ll-time ADJ If you refer to workers or businesses as small-time , you think they are not very important because their work is limited in extent or not very successful. □  …a small time crook.

sma ll to wn in BRIT, also use smalltown ADJ [usu ADJ n] Small town is used when referring to small places, usually in the United States, where people are friendly, honest, and polite, or to the people there. Small town is also sometimes used to suggest that someone has old-fashioned ideas. [mainly AM ] □  …an idealized small-town America of neat, middle-class homes.

smarmy /smɑː ^r mi/ (smarmier , smarmiest ) ADJ If you describe someone as smarmy , you dislike them because they are unpleasantly polite and flattering, usually because they want you to like them or to do something for them. [BRIT , INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  Rick is slightly smarmy and eager to impress.

smart ◆◇◇ /smɑː ^r t/ (smarter , smartest , smarts , smarting , smarted )

1 ADJ Smart people and things are pleasantly neat and clean in appearance. [mainly BRIT ] □  He was smart and well groomed but not good looking. □  I was dressed in a smart navy blue suit. □  …smart new offices. ●  smart|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  He dressed very smartly which was important in those days. □  …a smartly-painted door. ●  smart|ness N‑UNCOUNT □  The jumper strikes the perfect balance between comfort and smartness.

2 ADJ You can describe someone who is clever as smart . □  He thinks he's smarter than Sarah is. □  Buying expensive furniture is not necessarily the smartest move to make.

3 → see also smartly , street smart

4 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A smart place or event is connected with wealthy and fashionable people. □  …smart London dinner parties. □  …a smart residential district.

5 ADJ [ADJ n] Smart bombs and weapons are guided by computers and lasers so that they hit their targets accurately.

6 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A smart device is able to do many of the things that a computer does, for example to connect to the internet and use software. □  Wirelessly linked to an internet-connected smart TV, the phone becomes a remote control.

7 VERB If a part of your body or a wound smarts , you feel a sharp stinging pain in it. □ [V ] My eyes smarted from the smoke.

8 VERB [usu cont] If you are smarting from something such as criticism or failure, you feel upset about it. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V + from ] Wilder is still smarting from a 3-0 defeat the last time the teams met.

9the smart money → see money

sma rt a lec (smart alecs ) also smart aleck N‑COUNT [oft N n] If you describe someone as a smart alec , you dislike the fact that they think they are very clever and always have an answer for everything. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  …a fortyish smart-alec TV reporter.

sma rt a rse (smart arses ) The spellings smartarse in British English and smartass or smart-ass in American English are also used. N‑COUNT [oft N n] If you describe someone as a smart arse , you dislike the fact that they think they are very clever and like to show everyone this. [INFORMAL , RUDE , DISAPPROVAL ] □  …smartass comments.