Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)An obnoxiously clever or quick-witted person.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. You're a real smarty pants.

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  2. Stop calling me Miss Smarty-pants.

    ruПерестань называть меня "мисс всезнайка". — odexed

    deHör auf, mich Fräulein Neunmalklug zu nennen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. He pays in Smarties.

    Conjuice · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From smart + -y.

From smart + -y.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: smarties

Synonyms

3 synonyms
smart aleckBuddhaclever clogs

Word family

2 related words
Relatedsmarty bootssmarty pants

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smartA1smartlysmartphonesmashB2smashersmatter

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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