SMART ALEC


Meaning of SMART ALEC in English

also smart aleck

( smart alecs)

If you describe someone as a smart alec , you dislike the fact that they think they are very clever and always have an answer for everything. ( INFORMAL )

...a fortyish smart-alec TV reporter...

N-COUNT : oft N n [ disapproval ]

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