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smart arses

smart arses is the plural of smart arse.

Meaning of smart arse

Noun

smart arse (plural smart arses)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic) One who is particularly flippant or insolent or tends to make snide remarks or jokes.
    • ‘That Howard kid is a smart-arse little bugger!’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 51

Questions about smart arses

What is smart arses the plural of?
Smart arses is the plural of smart arse.

Words near smart arses in the dictionary

  1. smart alecks
  2. smart alecs
  3. smart appliance
  4. smart appliances
  5. smart arse
  6. smart arses
  7. smart as a whip
  8. smart as paint
  9. smart ass
  10. smart asses
  11. smart band

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