HyperDic: clever_dick

English > 1 sense of the expression clever Dick:
NOUNperson clever Dick, clever clogsan intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable
English > clever Dick: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningAn intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable.
Synonymclever clogs
RegionUnited Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great BritainA monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
Broaderintellectual, intellectA person who uses the mind creatively

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