smart aleck
Example Sentences
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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
OK, a smart aleck would say that’s a low bar.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2019
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 threw the bag into the air, said “Arigatō” a little rudely, kind of like a smart aleck, then said, “Next time I’ll bring you something. Maybe a kimono? And then you’ll give me rice.”
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
