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smart aleck (noun)

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  • smart aleck — noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments • Syn: ↑wise guy, ↑wiseacre, ↑wisenheimer, ↑weisenheimer • Hypernyms: ↑upstart * * * smart alec [ …   Useful english dictionary

  • smart aleck — noun a) one who is given to obnoxious or insolent humor; wise guy b) one who is pretentious to cleverness or knowledge; a know it all Syn …   Wiktionary

  • smart aleck or smart alec — smart al|eck or smart al|ec [ smart ,ælık ] noun count someone who says clever or funny but rude things that annoy other people because they show a lack of respect ╾ smart al|eck|y adjective …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • smart aleck — also smart alec noun Etymology: Aleck, nickname for Alexander Date: 1865 an obnoxiously conceited and self assertive person with pretensions to smartness or cleverness • smart aleck adjective • smart alecky adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • smart-aleck — smart alec/ aleck a smart alec/aleck someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way that is annoying. He s just some smart alec journalist. (always before noun) …   New idioms dictionary

  • smart aleck — noun (C) informal someone who always says clever things or always has the right answer in a way that is annoying …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • smart aleck — I n. know it all, braggart. See vanity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. show off, boaster, wise guy; see braggart , clown . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: know it …   English dictionary for students

  • smart alec — (also smart aleck) ► NOUN informal ▪ a person considered irritating in always having a clever answer to a question …   English terms dictionary

  • smart alec — (chiefly N. Amer. also smart aleck) noun informal, derogatory a person who behaves as if they know everything. Derivatives smart alecky adjective Origin C19: from smart + Alec, dimin. of the given name Alexander …   English new terms dictionary

  • smart-mouth — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: often attributive : one given to making remarks that aim for cleverness and wit but that strike others as cocky or annoying : smart aleck • smart mouth verb • smart mouthed ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective * * * /ˈsmɑɚtˌmaʊθ/ (or …   Useful english dictionary

  • smart|y — «SMAHR tee», noun, plural smart|ies, adjective, smart|i|er, smart|i|est. Informal. –n. a would be smart, clever, or witty person; smart aleck. –adj …   Useful english dictionary

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