wiseacre

English - Turkish

Definition of wiseacre in English Turkish dictionary

{i} ukâla

{i} bilmiş

bilgiçlik taslayan kimse

{i} çokbilmiş

(deyim) ukala dümbeleği

English - English

Definition of wiseacre in English English dictionary

One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; an insolent upstart

{n} a foolish fellow, simpleton, dunce

A learned or wise man

One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce

an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments

{i} arrogant person who thinks he knows everything, showoff, one who pretends to be smart

Related Terms

wiseacres

plural of wiseacre

Hyphenation

wise·a·cre

Synonyms

smart aleck, smarty, smartie, smarty pants, smart ass, wise-guy, wisenheimer, weisenheimer

Etymology

() a 1600, from Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, from wizzan (“to know”)