- (a) smarty pants
- informal
someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way that is annoying.
Cindy, the little smarty pants, will be the first to tell us where we went wrong.
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(a) smarty pants
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smarty pants — A smarty pants is someone who displays the intelligence in an annoying way … The small dictionary of idiomes
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smarty-pants — n. a cocky person; a smart aleck. □ Look, smarty pants, let’s cut the clowning around. □ That smarty pants is going to get herself into big trouble … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
smarty-pants — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1941 smart aleck • smarty pants adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
smarty pants — A smarty pants is someone who displays the intelligence in an annoying way. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
smarty-pants — /smahr tee pants /, n. (used with a sing. v.) smarty. [1915 20] * * * … Universalium
smarty-pants — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: know it all, saucebox, smart aleck, smarty, wisenheimer. Slang: wiseacre, wisecracker, wise guy. See GOOD … English dictionary for students
smarty-pants — smart|y pants [ smarti ,pænts ] noun count INFORMAL a SMART ALECK … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
smarty-pants — Noun. A know all. Also smartie pants. Informal … English slang and colloquialisms
