smartarse

British  

/ ˈsmɑːtˌɑːs /

noun

1. derogatory

   1. a clever person, esp one who parades his knowledge offensively

   2. ( as modifier )

      smartarse guidebooks

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Other Word Forms

• smartarsed
  adjective

Example Sentences

It was never my plan, because what fool would nurture an ambition to have their dinner paid for and then be paid to write smartarse things about it?

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2019

I get my dinner paid for and then get paid to write smartarse things about it.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2019

To be funny is to be a smartarse, to be clever, quick and able to take down the bully in the playground or the millionaire in the cabinet.

From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2013

He says he was typecast early in his acting career, invariably as the fat boy, the joker, the smartarse.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2013

We see cackling lifestyle supplement-reading Aussies filming themselves drinking plonk at a lunchtime roast hosted by Dan, a know-it-all, wise-cracking smartarse who declares himself "the world's most important wine critic".

From The Guardian • May 7, 2010