Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory, mildly, slang, vulgar)An insolent person, especially one who makes snide remarks.

    Lots of luck, smartass.

    Klugscheißer, Klugscheißerin, Besserwisser

    у́мникúmnik, всезна́йкаvseznájka

  2. (mildly, vulgar)Synonym of know-it-all, an obnoxious clever person or a person making obnoxious efforts to seem clever by acting or behaving as if they know everything.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Here we go: an arrogant smartass again.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
one who is particularly insolent:
Deutsch
one who is particularly insolent:

Origin

From smart + -ass.

From smart + -ass.

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