Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK, informal)A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness.

    Schlaumeier

More definitions
  • an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable

Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
someone who considers they know everything and tries to impress with this:

Forms

plural: clever dicks
Singularclever dick
Pluralclever dicks

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable:clever clogs

See also

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