"smartling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smartlings [plural]
Etymology: From smart + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smart|ling}} smart + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} smartling (plural smartlings)
  1. One who is smart, shrewd, or clever; a smart-aleck.
    Sense id: en-smartling-en-noun-i8ws7SxM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: From smartle + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smartle|ing}} smartle + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} smartling
  1. present participle and gerund of smartle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: smartle
    Sense id: en-smartling-en-verb-hbTp45nU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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