noun
an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable
• Syn: ↑clever clogs
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑intellectual, ↑intellect
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clever clogs or clever dick noun (slang)
A person who thinks himself or herself clever
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Main Entry: ↑clever
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clever dick variant UK US
Main entry: clever clogs
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Clever Dick,
British Slang. a clever or overly clever person; know-it-all: »
Clever Dicks do indeed declare half their income, but the tax man multiplies this by four... (Punch).
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noun, pl ⋯ dicks [count]
Brit informal + disapproving : a person who is clever in a way that is annoying — called also clever clogs
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ˈclever Dick [clever Dick clever Dicks] (also ˈclever clogs) noun (both BrE, informal, disapproving)
a person who thinks they are always right or that they know everything
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I don't claim to be an expert and I certainly don't want to be a clever Dick.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.