smart-ass

The definition of a smart ass is a person who makes comments he thinks are clever or funny but which are usually unwanted or undesired by others.

(noun)

An example of a smart ass is someone who always has to make sarcastic comments in answer to simple questions.

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See smart-ass in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang
A smart aleck.

Related Forms:

  • smartˈ-assˌ adjective
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