ˈsmart arse
1smart arse — BrE also smart ass AmE n informal not polite a smart alec >smart arse also smart ass adj ▪ smart arse remarks …
2smart arse — UK US noun [countable] [singular smart arse plural smart arses] british impolite a smart alec Thesaurus: people who are confident, boastful or arrogant …
3smart arse — smart arses N COUNT: oft N n (disapproval) (The spellings smartarse in British English and smartass or smart ass in American English are also used.) If you describe someone as a smart arse or smartass, you dislike the fact that they think they… …
4smart-arse — adjective Thesaurus: disrespect and not showing respectsynonym Main entry: smart arse …
5smart arse — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms smart arse : singular smart arse plural smart arses British impolite a smart alec Derived word: smart arse adjective …
6smart arse — BrE also smart ass AmE noun an impolite word for a smart aleck: He got in trouble with the teacher for being such a smart ass in class. smart arse also smart ass adjective: smart arse remarks …
7smart-arse — /ˈsmat as/ (say smaht ahs) noun Colloquial (taboo) → smart alec. –smart arse, smart arsed, adjective Usage: See note at arse …
8smart-arse — British, very informal, American, very informal a smart arse someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way that is annoying. That s all I need some smart ass kid telling me what to do! (always before noun) …
9smart-arse — See: smart arse …
10Smart arse — smart alec; know all …
