smartass
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- smart ass
- smart arse (UK, AU, NZ)
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smartass (plural smartasses)
- (vulgar) Synonym of know-it-all, an obnoxious clever person or a person making obnoxious efforts to seem clever.
- (vulgar) An insolent person, especially one who makes snide remarks.
- Lots of luck, smartass.
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one who is particularly insolent
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smartass (not comparable)
- (slang) Related to or characteristic of a smartass.
- I have had quite enough of your smartass remarks.
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smartass (third-person singular simple present smartasses, present participle smartassing, simple past and past participle smartassed)
- (slang) To talk like a smartass, with a lot of snide remarks.
- 2012, Storm Large, Crazy Enough: A Memoir[1]:
- I smartassed and smack-talked half of the interview, but as I relaxed a bit more and genuinely talked with them, a strange thing happened.