A ackeiyword Junior Member Joined Oct 9, 2010 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Bhutani Home Country Anguilla Current Location Austria Oct 16, 2010 #1 I want to know what "smart alec" means.Can you help?
Raymott VIP Member Joined Jun 29, 2008 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Australia Current Location Australia Oct 16, 2010 #2 ackeiyword said: I want to know what "smart alec" means.Can you help? Click to expand... 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 <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 [+]more ============= Smart Alec is also OK.
ackeiyword said: I want to know what "smart alec" means.Can you help? Click to expand... 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 <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 [+]more ============= Smart Alec is also OK.