Definition of "know-it-all" [know•-it-all]

• Informal One who claims to know everything and rejects advice or information from others. (noun)

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• "Bert is the quintessential cantankerous old man, a know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of an AARP Magazine cover."
• "Not being a know-it-all, just sometimes sexual traits will out themselves!"
• "For example, the loud lady with the pink hair came across as a bit of a know-it-all – but was she really, or was it just an act?"