wise guy

wise guy

See also: wiseguy and wise-guy

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Noun

wise guy (plural wise guys)

1. One who is insolent or flippant; one who makes jokes or perpetrates pranks.

   Her reputation for being a wise guy made her new teachers hesitant about having her in their classes.

2. A knowledgable or successful sports bettor.
3. (slang) A member of the Mafia; a mobster.
4. (slang) A hipster.

Synonyms

• (one who is insolent or flippant): know-it-all, know-all
• (one who is insolent or flippant): smart aleck
• (one who is insolent or flippant): smarty
• (one who is insolent or flippant): wisecracker
• (one who is insolent or flippant): wisenheimer

Translations

one who is insolent or flippant

Finnish: neropatti (fi), viisastelija (fi) French: petit rigolo German: Naseweis (de) m, Rotznase (de) f, Schlaumeier (de) m, Neunmalkluger m, Bessewisser m Hebrew: חכמולוג‎ (he)

Italian: insolente (it) m, smargiasso (it) m, sapientone m, fanfarone (it) m, spaccone (it) m Persian: همه چیزدان‎, عقلِ کُل‎ Spanish: vivo (es)

member of the Mafia — see mafioso,‎ mobster