smarty pants



smarty pants

1. One who obnoxiously and frequently attempts to assert perceived superiority in intelligence; a know-it-all. Don't be such a smarty pants. You don't know everything.
2. One who makes jokes and uses sarcasm in an attempt to seem witty, but instead is deemed annoying; a smart aleck. OK, smarty pants, are you going to help me, or just stand there mocking me all night?
See also: pant, smarty

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mariekemah-REE-kəDutch
Dawa-Tibetan, Bhutanese
Jude[dʒu:d]
Matveymaht-VYAYRussian
AgnÉ-Lithuanian
Vere-English