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wiseacre::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | smart aleck, weisenheimer, wise guy, wisenheimer |
| Type of | upstart |
Examples of wiseacre
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At meal and break times, and contrary to wiseacre advice, stay on the motorway.
From the telegraph.co.uk
All I have to do is figure out a smart-aleck lead sentence and a wiseacre ending.
From the nytimes.com
She isn't troubled or spoiled, neither sassy wiseacre nor geeky savant.
From the latimes.com
Even McClane's usual squiggles of wiseacre throwaway dialogue are mostly lost in the din.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Is it a wise idea to try and play two wiseacre cricket commentators off against each other?
From the guardian.co.uk
For a minute, when you became a wiseacre, I thought maybe you were turning over a new leaf.
From the usatoday.com
I had a math teacher in high school who thought up some creative punishments for wiseacre boys.
From the emotionalumbrella.com
When we think fondly of Han Solo in his wiseacre, swashbuckling glory, this is the movie we think of first.
From the thestate.com
Johnson lifts the script above its conventional cat-and-mouse stratagems with his buoyant wiseacre timing.
From the timesunion.com
- Wise guy: an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
- One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; an insolent upstart
- A foolish conceited fellow.
