wiseass
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Synonyms
smart aleck (also smart alec), smarty (or smartie), smarty-pants, wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimer (also weisenheimer)
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For a generation of wiseass Brooklyn brunettes like myself, Tomei was a Hollywood anomaly, the rare breakthrough character actor who didn’t apologize for or abandon her New Yorkiness. — Stella Bugbee, The Cut, "Marisa Tomei Knows What’s She’s Worth," 3 July 2018 Ace Atkins, who writes terrific books of his own, is the conduit for Parker’s long-running series starring Spenser — tough private eye, gourmand and professional wiseass. — Adam Woog, The Seattle Times, "Authors ably carry on legacies of late crime-fiction writers Tony Hillerman, Robert B. Parker," 17 Apr. 2018 Hey, Rivkin: Does the job description for deputy mayor require being a wiseass, or does hanging around with Rahm just turn you into one? — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, "Can Captain Kirk deliver Amazon to Chicago? Please, no," 30 Mar. 2018 Only the computer user, an animated wiseass in baggy jeans, delivers a passionate response. — Jeff Howe, WIRED, "File-Sharing Is, Like, Totally Uncool," 1 May 2004These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wiseass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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