CLEVER DICK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable

Synonyms:

clever clogs; clever Dick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("clever Dick" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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