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English
Etymology
From smart + -ass.
Pronunciation
Noun
smartass (plural smartasses)
- (mildly vulgar) Synonym of know-it-all, an obnoxious clever person or a person making obnoxious efforts to seem clever.
- (mildly vulgar) An insolent person, especially one who makes snide remarks.
Lots of luck, smartass.
Synonyms
Translations
one who is particularly insolent
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 自作聰明的人／自作聪明的人 (zh) (zìzuòcōngmíng de rén), 自以為是的人／自以为是的人 (zh) (zìyǐwéishì de rén)
- Finnish: viisastelija (fi), neropatti (fi) (besserwisser)
- French: gonflé (fr) m, plaisantin (fr) m, blagueur (fr) m, farceur (fr) m
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Klugscheißer (de) m, Klugscheißerin (de) f, Besserwisser (de) m, Besserwisserin (de) f, spitze Zunge f, boßhafte Zunge f, Lästermaul (de) n
- Greek: εξυπνάκιας (el) m (exypnákias), ξερόλας (el) m (xerólas) (slang)
- Hebrew: חכמולוג (he)
- Indonesian: sok pintar, sok tahu
- Italian: smargiasso (it) m, fanfarone (it) m, gradasso (it) m
- Japanese: 自惚れ屋 (うぬぼれや, unuboreya), うぬぼれ屋 (うぬぼれや, unuboreya)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: се́знајко m (séznajko)
- Portuguese: espertalhão (pt) m
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: у́мник (ru) m (úmnik), всезна́йка (ru) m or f (vseznájka)
- Spanish: inteligentón m
- Thai: อวดรู้ (th), แสนรู้
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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Adjective
smartass (not comparable)
- (slang) Related to or characteristic of a smartass.
I have had quite enough of your smartass remarks.
Translations
Verb
smartass (third-person singular simple present smartasses, present participle smartassing, simple past and past participle smartassed)
- (slang) To talk like a smartass, with a lot of snide remarks.
2012, Storm Large, Crazy Enough: A Memoir:I smartassed and smack-talked half of the interview, but as I relaxed a bit more and genuinely talked with them, a strange thing happened.