clever dick in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clever dicks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clever dick (plural clever dicks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "British English",
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      "glosses": [
        "A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "annoyingly",
          "annoyingly"
        ],
        [
          "impress",
          "impress"
        ],
        [
          "cleverness",
          "cleverness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, chiefly British) A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clever arse"
        },
        {
          "word": "smart aleck"
        },
        {
          "word": "know-it-all"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "someone who considers they know everything and tries to impress with this",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wijsneus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who considers they know everything and tries to impress with this",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlaumeier"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "someone who considers they know everything and tries to impress with this",
          "word": "ngutu huia"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "someone who considers they know everything and tries to impress with this",
          "word": "kātuarehe"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clever dick"
}

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    {
      "form": "clever dicks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "expansion": "clever dick (plural clever dicks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "annoyingly",
          "annoyingly"
        ],
        [
          "impress",
          "impress"
        ],
        [
          "cleverness",
          "cleverness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, chiefly British) A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clever arse"
        },
        {
          "word": "smart aleck"
        },
        {
          "word": "know-it-all"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who considers they know everything and tries to impress with this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wijsneus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who considers they know everything and tries to impress with this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlaumeier"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "someone who considers they know everything and tries to impress with this",
      "word": "ngutu huia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "someone who considers they know everything and tries to impress with this",
      "word": "kātuarehe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clever dick"
}

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"clever dick" meaning in English

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