smart arse
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smart arse — BrE also smart ass AmE n informal not polite a smart alec >smart arse also smart ass adj ▪ smart arse remarks … Dictionary of contemporary English
smart arse — UK US noun [countable] [singular smart arse plural smart arses] british impolite a smart alec Thesaurus: people who are confident, boastful or arrogant … Useful english dictionary
smart arse — smart arses N COUNT: oft N n (disapproval) (The spellings smartarse in British English and smartass or smart ass in American English are also used.) If you describe someone as a smart arse or smartass, you dislike the fact that they think they… … English dictionary
smart-arse — adjective Thesaurus: disrespect and not showing respectsynonym Main entry: smart arse … Useful english dictionary
smart arse — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms smart arse : singular smart arse plural smart arses British impolite a smart alec Derived word: smart arse adjective … English dictionary
smart arse — BrE also smart ass AmE noun an impolite word for a smart aleck: He got in trouble with the teacher for being such a smart ass in class. smart arse also smart ass adjective: smart arse remarks … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
smart-arse — /ˈsmat as/ (say smaht ahs) noun Colloquial (taboo) → smart alec. –smart arse, smart arsed, adjective Usage: See note at arse …
smart-arse — British, very informal, American, very informal a smart arse someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way that is annoying. That s all I need some smart ass kid telling me what to do! (always before noun) … New idioms dictionary
smart-arse — See: smart arse … English dictionary
Smart arse — smart alec; know all … Dictionary of Australian slang
smart-arse — (US smart ass) noun informal another term for smart alec … English new terms dictionary
