smarty pants

smarty pants

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  • smarty pants — A smarty pants is someone who displays the intelligence in an annoying way …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Smarty Pants — Infobox VG| title = Smarty Pants developer = Planet Moon Studios publisher = Electronic Arts designer = engine = released = vgrelease|US|13 November 2007 vgrelease|AUS|22 November 2007 vgrelease|EU|23 November 2007 genre = Trivia modes = Single… …   Wikipedia

  • smarty-pants — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun plural but singular in construction : smarty * * * /ˈsmɑɚtiˌpænts/ noun [noncount] informal + disapproving : a person who talks and behaves like someone who knows everything Go ahead, smarty pants, tell us about your grade… …   Useful english dictionary

  • smarty-pants — n. a cocky person; a smart aleck. □ Look, smarty pants, let’s cut the clowning around. □ That smarty pants is going to get herself into big trouble …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • smarty-pants — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1941 smart aleck • smarty pants adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • smarty pants —    A smarty pants is someone who displays the intelligence in an annoying way.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • smarty-pants — /smahr tee pants /, n. (used with a sing. v.) smarty. [1915 20] * * * …   Universalium

  • smarty-pants — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: know it all, saucebox, smart aleck, smarty, wisenheimer. Slang: wiseacre, wisecracker, wise guy. See GOOD …   English dictionary for students

  • smarty-pants — smart|y pants [ smarti ,pænts ] noun count INFORMAL a SMART ALECK …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • smarty-pants — Noun. A know all. Also smartie pants. Informal …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • smarty-pants — smart′y pants n. (used with a sing. v.) inf smart aleck …   From formal English to slang

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