n. Slang
A smart aleck.
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wise guy
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noun
- One who is obnoxiously self-assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal know-it-all, saucebox, smart aleck, smarty, smarty-pants, wisenheimer. Slang wiseacre, wisecracker. See good/bad.
American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms:
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An obnoxious know-it-all, a person who makes sarcastic or annoying remarks, as in the teacher was delighted that the worst wise guy in the class was moving out of town. [Slang; second half of 1800s] Also see
smart aleck.
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