smart aleck
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noun \ˈsmärt-ˌa-lik, -ˌe-\Definition of SMART ALECK
: an obnoxiously conceited and self-assertive person with pretensions to smartness or cleverness
— smart–aleck adjective
— smart–al·ecky \-ˌa-lə-kē, -ˌe-\ adjective
See Variants of SMART ALECK
smart al·eck also smart al·ec \ˈsmärt-ˌa-lik, -ˌe-\
Examples of SMART ALECK
- <some smart aleck in the audience kept shouting clever insults at the nervous speaker>
Origin of SMART ALECK
Aleck, nickname for Alexander
First Known Use: 1865
Related to SMART ALECK
- Synonyms
- smarty (or smartie), smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseass, wise guy, wisenheimer (also weisenheimer)
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