smart-ass
[smahrt-as]Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
Origin of smart-ass
First recorded in 1955–60
smart ass
Also smart·-ass·, smart·ass.
Origin of smart ass
First recorded in 1905–10
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Related Words for smart-ass
impudent, bold, audacious, blatant, unabashed, shameless, know-it-all, forward, flip, brain, intellectual, braggart, windbag, wiseacre, barefaced, brassy, cheeky, cocky, defiant, flashyExamples from the Web for smart-ass
Contemporary Examples of smart-ass
In fact, the smart-ass speeches go on and on and on, the actors seemingly in love with the sound of their voices.
If it's not pollsters, it's some smart-ass blogger trying to provoke us to say something against blacks or gays or Mexicans.
Every woman on the planet has sass and smart-ass qualities in them, but it seems sometimes only black women are defined by it.
‘Community’: Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs & Megan Ganz RoundtableJace Lacob
February 28, 2012
Even in the chaos, I could still manage the smart-ass remark.
Historical Examples of smart-ass
It was a geek accent, and it made you sound like a smart-ass instead of a sharp operator.
MakersCory Doctorow
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper