Noun: clever Dick
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: Brit, informal
- An intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable
- clever clogs [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: clever Dicks
See also: bright spark [informal], smart alec [informal], smart aleck [informal], smart-arse [Brit, Cdn, informal], smart-ass [N. Amer, informal], smartie [informal], smarty [informal], smarty-boots [Brit, informal], smartypants [informal], weisenheimer [US, informal], wiseacre, wisenheimer [US, informal]
Type of: intellect, intellectual