See know-it-all on Wiktionary
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"text": "The same holds true for supporting details—they help you to learn more about a topic. Be a know it all by sharing these details and supporting details with friends.",
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"ref": "2005, Pansie Hart Flood, Tiger Turcotte Takes on the Know-it-all, Carolrhoda Books, →ISBN:",
"text": "She's a mean, bossy know-it-all.",
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"ref": "2012, Joe Ike, How do I relate with a “know-it-all”?, xBusinessServices Corp., page 60",
"text": "Have you ever gone shopping with a Know-It-All girlfriend and she insists, without your consent or consulting you first, to choose your outfits for you?"
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"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "fy",
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"ref": "2005, Pansie Hart Flood, Tiger Turcotte Takes on the Know-it-all, Carolrhoda Books, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2012, Joe Ike, How do I relate with a “know-it-all”?, xBusinessServices Corp., page 60",
"text": "Have you ever gone shopping with a Know-It-All girlfriend and she insists, without your consent or consulting you first, to choose your outfits for you?"
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"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "ամենագետ"
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"roman": "amenagitak",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "ամենագիտակ"
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"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "sasijakintsu"
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "sasijakitun"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vseznajko",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "всезнайко"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "setciències"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "mestretites"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wànshìtōng",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "萬事通 /万事通"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vševěd"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klogeåge"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "besserwisser"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "betweter"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wijsneus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "kaikkitietävä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "besserwisser"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "je-sais-tout"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Quebec",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ti-Jo Connaissant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "toutologue"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sabichón"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sabichona"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "č̣ḳuis ḳolopi",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "ჭკუის კოლოფი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇ovlismcodne",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "ყოვლისმცოდნე"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Besserwisser"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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],
"word": "Besserwisserin"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Neunmalkluger"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Neunmalkluge"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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"feminine"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schulmeister"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Klugscheißer"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Klugscheißerin"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schlaumeier"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schlauberger"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schlaubergerin"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xerólas",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ξερόλας"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xeróla",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"slang"
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"word": "sok pintar"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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"slang"
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"word": "sok pintar"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "sapientone"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "sa tutto"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saputello"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tuttologo"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nientologo"
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"alt": "しったかぶりをするひと",
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"note": "no exact term exists, the term for the action is idiomatic",
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"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "知ったかぶりをする人"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "séznajko",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "се́знајко"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "palatao"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "whakaputa mōhio"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "ngutu huia"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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"masculine"
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"word": "bedreviter"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "viktigper"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forståsegpåer"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "besserwisser"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'allâme-ye dahr",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "علامه دهر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przemądrzalec"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mądraliński"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "mądrala"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chłopek-roztropek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "besserwisser"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sabichão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sabichona"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sabe-tudo"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vseznájka",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "всезна́йка"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "also a famous protagonist",
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"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"word": "зна́йка"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sveznalica"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "sabelotodo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sabiondo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "todólogo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuñado"
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "mjuba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "viktigpetter"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "besserwisser"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "çok bilmiş"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hollwybodusyn"
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{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "wiisprater"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject",
"word": "wiisnoas"
}
],
"word": "know-it-all"
}
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"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "know-it-all",
"trace": ""
}
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