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smart ass
1noun
- a wise guy; know-it-all.
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Example Sentences
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.
Even in the chaos, I could still manage the smart-ass remark.
Franken is seen as a mean-spirited, nasty guy—a smart ass.
It was a geek accent, and it made you sound like a smart-ass instead of a sharp operator.
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