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smart-aleck

smart-aleck adjective: characteristic of a smart aleck.

Adjective

smart-aleck (comparative more smart-aleck, superlative most smart-aleck)

  1. Characteristic of a smart aleck.
    • smart-aleck remarks

Forms of smart-aleck

comparativemore smart-aleck
superlativemost smart-aleck
alternative formsmart-alec

Questions about smart-aleck

What does smart-aleck mean?
Smart-aleck means characteristic of a smart aleck.
What part of speech is smart-aleck?
Smart-aleck is an adjective.

Words near smart-aleck in the dictionary

  1. smart TV
  2. smart TVs
  3. smart watch
  4. smart watches
  5. smart-alec
  6. smart-aleck
  7. smart-aleckism
  8. smart-alecky
  9. smart-allecky
  10. smart-arse
  11. smart-arsed

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