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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal A person regarded as obnoxiously self-assertive.
  2. n. Informal An impudent person.

Wiktionary

  1. n. one who is given to obnoxious or insolent humor; wise guy
  2. n. one who is pretentious to cleverness or knowledge; a know-it-all
  3. n. one who is obnoxiously self-assured; a show off
  4. n. a well dressed person

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments

Etymologies

  1. Perhaps after Aleck Hoag, 19th-century American confidence man and thief.

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‘smart aleck’ has been looked up 555 times, loved by 1 person, added to 3 lists, commented on 1 time, and is not a valid Scrabble word.