smartass

See also: smart-ass and smart ass

English

Alternative forms

• smart ass
• smart arse (UK, AU, NZ)

Etymology

From smart +‎ -ass.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

smartass (plural smartasses)

1. (mildly vulgar) Synonym of know-it-all, an obnoxious clever person or a person making obnoxious efforts to seem clever.
2. (mildly vulgar) An insolent person, especially one who makes snide remarks.

   Lots of luck, smartass.

Synonyms

• smart aleck
• smart-aleck
• smart alec
• smart-alec

Translations

one who is particularly insolent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自作聰明的人／自作聪明的人 (zh) (zìzuòcōngmíng de rén), 自以為是的人／自以为是的人 (zh) (zìyǐwéishì de rén)

• Finnish: viisastelija (fi), neropatti (fi) (besserwisser)
• French: gonflé (fr) m, plaisantin (fr) m, blagueur (fr) m, farceur (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Klugscheißer (de) m, Klugscheißerin (de) f, Besserwisser (de) m, Besserwisserin (de) f, spitze Zunge f, boßhafte Zunge f, Lästermaul (de) n
• Greek: εξυπνάκιας (el) m (exypnákias), ξερόλας (el) m (xerólas) (slang)
• Hebrew: חכמולוג (he)
• Indonesian: sok pintar, sok tahu
• Italian: smargiasso (it) m, fanfarone (it) m, gradasso (it) m
• Japanese: 自惚れ屋 (うぬぼれや, unuboreya), うぬぼれ屋 (うぬぼれや, unuboreya)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: се́знајко m (séznajko)
• Portuguese: espertalhão (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: у́мник (ru) m (úmnik), всезна́йка (ru) m or f (vseznájka)
• Spanish: inteligentón m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

smartass (not comparable)

1. (slang) Related to or characteristic of a smartass.

   I have had quite enough of your smartass remarks.

Translations

related to or characteristic of a smartass

• Finnish: näsäviisas (fi)
• Italian: insolente (it), impertinente (it), irriguardoso, arrogante (it)
• Spanish: burlón (es)

Verb

smartass (third-person singular simple present smartasses, present participle smartassing, simple past and past participle smartassed)

1. (slang) To talk like a smartass, with a lot of snide remarks.
   • 2012, Storm Large, Crazy Enough: A Memoir‎^[1]:

     I smartassed and smack-talked half of the interview, but as I relaxed a bit more and genuinely talked with them, a strange thing happened.