smart aleck

Example Sentences

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He’s a pint-sized smart aleck who cares deeply for Dunk.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

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

She is an outraged activist, a smart aleck, an angsty dreamer of a girl.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

She’s still a downbeat smart aleck, but she can make you cry without appearing to do very much.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2018

As I’ve told you, what I say is not what I feel, which is why I have a reputation for being boy-crazy as well as a flirt, a smart aleck and a reader of romances.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank