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smartles

smartles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smartle.

Meaning of smartle

Verb

smartle (third-person singular simple present smartles, present participle smartling, simple past and past participle smartled)

  1. (intransitive) To hurt or sting with pain, often continually or repeatedly.
    • There was a little blister on Billy's knee. He looked at it with deep self-pity. "It smartles!" he said pitifully.1902, Brown Linnet, The Kidnapping of Ettie and Other Tales, page 287

Questions about smartles

What is smartles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Smartles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smartle.

Words near smartles in the dictionary

  1. smartings
  2. smartish
  3. Smartism
  4. smartle
  5. smartled
  6. smartles
  7. smartless
  8. smartlessness
  9. smartlet
  10. smartlets
  11. smartling

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