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wise guy

n. Slang
1. A smart aleck.
2. A mobster.
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wise guy

n
1. a person who is given to making conceited, sardonic, or insolent comments
2. US a member of the Mafia
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wise′ guy`


n. Informal.
a cocksure, conceited, and often insolent person; smart aleck.
[1895–1900, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.wise guy - an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
smart aleck, weisenheimer, wiseacre, wisenheimer
upstart - an arrogant or presumptuous person
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wise guy

noun
Slang. One who is obnoxiously self-assertive and arrogant:
malapert, witling.
Informal: know-it-all, saucebox, smart aleck, smarty, smarty-pants, wisenheimer.
Slang: wiseacre, wisecracker.
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Translations
مُدَّعي العِلْم، مَغْرور
bedrevidendeblærerøv
chytrák
çok bilmişukala

wise guy

n (fam) → sapientone/a, sputasentenze m/f inv
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wise

(waiz) adjective
1. having gained a great deal of knowledge from books or experience or both and able to use it well.
2. sensible. You would be wise to do as he suggests; a wise decision.
ˈwisely adverb
wisdom (ˈwizdəm) noun
Wisdom comes with experience.
wisdom tooth (ˈwizdəm-)
any one of the four back teeth cut after childhood, usually about the age of twenty.
ˈwisecrack noun
a joke.
wise guy
a person who (shows that he) thinks that he is smart, knows everything etc.
be wise to
to be fully aware of. He thinks I'm going to give him some money, but I'm wise to his plan.
none the wiser
not knowing any more than before. He tried to explain the rules to me, but I'm none the wiser.
put (someone) wise
to tell, inform (someone) of the real facts.
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