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Smart alec - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
smart al·eck

noun
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
Variants of SMART ALECK

smart al·eck also smart al·ec \ˈsmärt-ˌa-lik, -ˌe-\

Examples of SMART ALECK

1. <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)

Related Words: know-all [chiefly British], know-it-all; wisecracker; hotshot, show-off

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