smart aleck
(Informal)
[noun]
Synonyms: know-all (informal), clever-clogs (informal), smarty pants (informal), wise guy (informal)

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Related Idioms: hot-air artist
Related Words: blowhard, boaster, braggadocio, braggart, gasbag, windbag, exhibitionist, grandstander, show-off

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smart al·eck (ălĭk)
n. Informal
► A person regarded as obnoxiously self-assertive.
► An impudent person.

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smart aleck
[Perhaps afterAleck Hoag, 19th-century American confidence man and thief.]

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smart aleck
smart-aleck (smärtălĭk) or smart-aleck·y (-ĭ-kē) adj.

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smart aleck
[informal]
someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way that is annoying.
Some smart alec in the audience kept making witty remarks during my talk.

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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)

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