smart aleck

Example Sentences

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I’m a kid that grew up in Hollywood, and I went to Baghdad wearing a Metallica shirt and I was a total smart aleck.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

Some sued, some sent smart aleck responses and some refused to answer the email.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

Q. Stuck in the middle: My father has always been a smart aleck who loves practical jokes and discreetly needling people.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2021

Since then, the driver says, “every smart aleck who thinks he can tell a joke has been circling Burbank like a vulture.”

From New York Times • May 24, 2017

He was just being a smart aleck and Father and I didn’t answer him.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver