SMART ALEC


Meaning of SMART ALEC in English

(~s)

Note: in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use '~k'

If you describe someone as a ~, 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

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .