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

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

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

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

And if you tell ’em you knew a witty boy, you gotta tell ’em he was kind of a smart aleck, though, or a wise guy.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger