smarty-pants

[smahr-tee-pants] /ˈsmɑr tiˌpænts/
noun, (used with a singular verb)
1.
Origin
1915-20
Examples from the web for smarty-pants
  • If this smarty-pants machine is cleverer than me then it needs to prove itself.
  • Instead, it tosses brain twisters at four smarty-pants who are lured into a trap.
  • With that many techno-smarty-pants in a group, everyone is paranoid about cabals and back-room deals.
  • In our smarty-pants media culture, idealism is out of style.
  • smarty-pants kids would say one thing and mean another thing entirely and drive their parents mad.
British Dictionary definitions for smarty-pants

smarty-pants

/ˈsmɑːtɪˌpænts/
noun
1.
(functioning as sing) (informal) a would-be clever person
Slang definitions & phrases for smarty-pants

smarty-pants

noun

smart aleck; smart-ass, smarty: That smarty-pants always gives a flip answer (1930s+)