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n. Slang
A smart aleck.


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    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.

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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noun, orig US

A know-all. (1896 —) .
B. Schulberg Listen, wise guy...if you found something wrong...why didn't you come and tell me? (1941).



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