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

OK, a smart aleck would say that’s a low bar.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2019

I was never a troublemaker, but I was always a smart aleck.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2018

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

Then I heard him whisper something under his breath, and it had just the tone of a first-class smart aleck.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel