(colloquial, UK, and, Ireland) Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.
(colloquial, UK, and, Ireland) Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.
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(slang) A clever clogs or smart aleck.
(British, Irish, slang, derogatory) A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness; a clever dick.
(informal, chiefly, British) A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness.
(UK, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
(UK) A clumsy or foolish person.