Usually means: Clever, irritatingly smug know-it-all.
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  1. smart alec: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. smart alec: Merriam-Webster
  3. smart alec: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. smart alec: Collins English Dictionary
  5. smart-alec: Wordnik
  6. smart alec: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. smart alec: Wiktionary
  8. smart-alec: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. smart-alec, smart alec: Dictionary.com
  10. Smart Alec (comics): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. smart-alec, smart alec: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Smart Alec: World Wide Words

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  1. smart alec: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Smart alec)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of smart aleck [One who is given to obnoxious or insolent humor.]

Similar:
smartarse, smartypants, smartie, wise-ass, spazz, lame-brain, stupidhead, schtick, lame brain, smack-talk, more...

Opposite:
humble, unassuming, self-effacing

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Similar:
smartarse, smartypants, smartie, wise-ass, spazz, lame-brain, stupidhead, schtick, lame brain, smack-talk, more...

Opposite:
humble, unassuming, self-effacing



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