a smart-arse

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a smart-arse (British very informal) also a smart-ass (American very informal)

someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way that is annoying OK, smart-arse, do you have a better idea? (British very informal)

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But then it would not be easy to put up with a self-styled 'cocky little shit boy', a smart-arse with a quick tongue which he uses along with his fists to keep bullies at bay: teachers as well as fellow students in a boarding school where it is often dog eat dog. Doust, Jon: Boy on a Wire by Saxby, Maurice / Reading Time We were 11 points behind Wigan at some stage so if anyone thinks I'm going to be a smart-arse and glib about where we are they are completely wrong. WOLVES NOT COUNTING THEIR CHICKENS; COCA-COLA CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT'S ... by The Mirror (London, England) However, using this technique to get off the hook for a smart-arse jibe you know you should never have made is a poor excuse. Gordon Waddell: Comedy of errors is no joke by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			a show-stopper a shrinking violet a siege mentality a sight for sore eyes a sign of the times a significant other a sin tax a sine qua non a sinking feeling a sinking ship a sitting duck a skeleton in the/ closet a skeleton in the/ cupboard a slap in the face a slap on the back a slap on the wrist a slice of life a slice of the cake a slime ball a slip of the tongue a slippery slope a small fortune a smart alec a smart bomb a smart cookie a smart-arse a smarty pants a smoking gun a snake in the grass a snow job a snowball effect a snuff movie a sob story a social climber a softly, softly approach a soldier of fortune a son of a bitch a son of a gun a song and dance a sore point a space cadet a spark plug a spin doctor a sporting chance a square meal a square peg a stag night a stalking horse a standard-bearer a step in the right direction a stick to beat with			a slice of the pie a slice of the pie a slice of the pie a slime ball a slip of a a slip of a a slip of a a slip of an a slip of an a slip of an a slip of the tongue a slippery slope a smack in the eye a smack in the eye a smack in the eye a smack in the eye a smack in the face a smack in the face a smack in the face a smack in the face A Small Decline in Morning Peak Expiratory Flow a small fortune A Small Garlic Press A Small Subspace Server A small world a smart alec a smart aleck a smart bomb a smart cookie A Smart Thin Architecture a smart-arse a smart-ass a smarty pants A Smile from the Trenches a smoking gun a snake in the grass a snow job a snowball effect a snowball's chance a snowball's chance a snowball's chance a snowball's chance in hell a snowball's chance in hell a snowball's chance in hell a snuff movie a sob story a social climber a softly, softly approach A soil horizon A soil horizon a soldier of fortune A son A Son Never Forgets a son of a bitch a son of a gun a song and dance A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing A Song of Ice and Fire a sore point a sore spot

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