Definition of "smart-aleck" []

• That is characteristic of a smart aleck (adjective)

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• "What's a young smart-aleck going to do with that precious hour of free time—play touch football or watch Rocky and Bullwinkle?"
• "Damon makes several smart-aleck comments and Elena reminds him that she saved his life."
• "More than 30 years after it first appeared, the book hasn't lost a jot of its riffing, smart-aleck energy."