Noun: smart-ass 'smaart,as
Usage: N. Amer, informal (elsewhere: smart-arse)
Usage: N. Amer, vulgar (elsewhere: smart-arse)
Usage: N. Amer, informal (elsewhere: smart-arse)
- Someone being or trying to be irritatingly clever; a smart alec
"The teacher grew tired of the smart-ass always correcting her";
- bright spark [informal], smart-arse [Brit, Cdn, informal], smarty-boots [Brit, informal], smartypants [informal], smarty [informal], smartie [informal]
Usage: N. Amer, vulgar (elsewhere: smart-arse)
- Annoyingly clever or showing off; behaving as if knowing everything
"His smart-ass remarks irritated everyone";
- smart-alecky [informal]
Derived forms: smart-asses
See also: clever clogs [Brit, informal], clever Dick [Brit, informal], smart alec [informal], smart aleck [informal], weisenheimer [US, informal], wiseacre, wisenheimer [US, informal]