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smart aleck
smart al·eck S0491900 (ăl′ĭk)n. Informal A person regarded as annoyingly self-assertive, especially for making impudent displays of knowledge.
[Perhaps after Aleck Hoag, 19th-century American confidence man and thief.]
smart′-al′eck, smart′-al′eck·y (-ĭ-kē) adj.smart aleck (ˈælɪk) n, pl smart alecksinformal an irritatingly oversmart person[C19: from Aleck, Alec, short for Alexander] ˈsmart-ˌaleck, ˈsmart-ˌalecky adjsmart′ al`eck (or al`ec) (ˈæl ɪk)
n. Informal. an obnoxiously conceited and impertinent person. [1860–65, Amer.; generic use of Aleck, nickname for Alexander] smart′-al`eck•y, smart′-al`eck, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | smart aleck - an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent commentsweisenheimer, wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimerupstart - an arrogant or presumptuous person |
smart alecknounInformal. One who is obnoxiously self-assertive and arrogant:malapert, witling.Informal: know-it-all, saucebox, smarty, smarty-pants, wisenheimer.Slang: wiseacre, wisecracker, wise guy.Translationssmart aleck
smart aleckOne who makes jokes and uses sarcasm in an attempt to seem witty, but instead is deemed annoying. Also seen as "smart alec." I'd had enough of that smart aleck's wisecracks, so I left the party early.See also: aleck, smartsmart aleckAn impudent or obnoxiously self-assertive individual, a wise guy, as in New teachers often have a hard time coping with the smart alecks in their classes. This expression, dating from the mid-1800s, probably alluded to a person of this description who was named Alec or Alexander, but his identity has been lost. See also: aleck, smarta smart alec BRITISH or a smart aleck A smart alec or a smart aleck is someone who is very clever and who is often able to answer questions in a clever way. Note: People sometimes spell `alec' and `aleck' with capital initials, as names. They've got some smart alec of a lawyer from London to oppose bail. Note: You can use smart alec and smart aleck before a noun. I hate smart-aleck kids who talk like dictionaries. Note: You use this expression to show that you find someone annoying. Note: Alec or Aleck is a shortened form of the name Alexander. See also: alec, smartsmart alec (or aleck) a person considered irritating because they know a great deal or always have a clever answer to a question. From the male personal name Alec, a short form of Alexander.See also: alec, smarta ˈsmart alec/aleck (informal, disapproving) a person who tries to show that they are cleverer than everyone else: Some smart alec wrote in to say that the last edition of the newspaper contained 37 printing errors.See also: alec, aleck, smartsmart aleck, aA cocky individual who thinks he or she knows everything and is not shy about saying so. The origin of this term, an American colloquialism from the 1860s, has been lost; no one knows who that first Aleck (or Alexander) was. The adjective smart in the sense of “impudent” is much older (fifteenth century) but has died out except in this expression. Budd Schulberg used it in What Makes Sammy Run? (1941): “He’s a smart aleck. I can see already he thinks he knows more than I do.”See also: smartEncyclopediaSeeSmartysmart aleck
Related to smart aleck: spontaneity, serene, consecutive, chagrinSynonyms for smart alecknoun one who is obnoxiously self-assertive and arrogantSynonyms- malapert
- witling
- know-it-all
- saucebox
- smarty
- smarty-pants
- wisenheimer
- wiseacre
- wisecracker
- wise guy
Synonyms for smart alecknoun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent commentsSynonyms- weisenheimer
- wise guy
- wiseacre
- wisenheimer
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