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 Definitions of wise guy  [ˈwaɪzˌkræk]  

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Definition of 'wise guy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (Informal.) wise guy
a cocksure, conceited, and often insolent person; smart aleck.

Etymology:  (1865–70; < G; OHG wisunt; cf. OE wesend, weosend, ON vīsundr, OPruss wissambrs, Gk bísōnbison)

Definition of 'wise guy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wise guy, smart aleck, wiseacre, wisenheimer, weisenheimer
an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments


Translation of 'wise guy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who (shows that he) thinks that he is smart, knows everything etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: slimjaap Arabic flag Arabic: مُدَّعي العِلْم، مَغْرور Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: всезнайко
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sabichão Czech flag Czech: chytrák German flag German: der/die Klugscheißer(in)
Danish flag Danish: bedrevidende; blærerøv Greek flag Greek: εξυπνάκιας Spanish flag Spanish: sabelotodo
Estonian flag Estonian: tarkpea Farsi flag Farsi: ادمى که خود را دانا پندار Finnish flag Finnish: neropatti
French flag French: malin Hebrew flag Hebrew: “חַכמוֹלוֹג” Hindi flag Hindi: ऐसा व्यक्ति जो अपने को सम
Croatian flag Croatian: pametnjaković Hungarian flag Hungarian: nagyokos Indonesian flag Indonesian: orang sok tahu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: maður sem þykist vita mei Italian flag Italian: sapientone, saccente Japanese flag Japanese: 知ったか振り
Korean flag Korean: 아는 체하는 사람 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gudročius Latvian flag Latvian: viszinis; gudrelis
Malay flag Malay: orang yg pandai sangat Dutch flag Dutch: betweter Norwegian flag Norwegian: bedreviter, blære
Polish flag Polish: mądrala Portuguese flag Portuguese: sabichão Romanian flag Romanian: şme­cher
Russian flag Russian: всезнайка Slovak flag Slovak: chytrák Slovenian flag Slovenian: pametnjakovič
Serbian flag Serbian: pametnjaković Swedish flag Swedish: stöddig kille, besserwiss Thai flag Thai: คนอวดฉลาด
Turkish flag Turkish: ukala,çok bilmiş Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 自以為是的人 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розумник
Urdu flag Urdu: عقلمند بننے والا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kẻ hợm đời Chinese flag Chinese: 自以为是的人

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