smart aleck

rare

One who is given to obnoxious or insolent humor. / One who is pretentious about their own cleverness or knowledge. / One who is obnoxiously self-assured; a show off. / (rare) A well-dressed person.

Japanese Meaning

嫌味で無礼な冗談を言う人 / 自分の聡明さや知識に対して得意げで、見せびらかすような人 / 自己主張が強く、他人に対して生意気な態度をとる人 / （稀に）身なりが整っている人

What is this buttons?

Don't be such a smart aleck during the meeting; your jokes are undermining the team's focus.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会議中にそんな生意気なことを言わないで。君の冗談でチームの集中がそがれている。

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Sense（1）

One who is given to obnoxious or insolent humor.

Sense（2）

One who is pretentious about their own cleverness or knowledge.

Sense（3）

One who is obnoxiously self-assured; a show off.

Sense（4）

(rare) A well-dressed person.

smart alecks

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