Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who claims to know everything and rejects others' advice or information.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Colloq. & pejorative, Colloq. & pejorative, Colloq. & pejorative One who knows everything
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pejorative Someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
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Examples
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Not being a know-it-all, just sometimes sexual traits will out themselves!
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For example, the loud lady with the pink hair came across as a bit of a know-it-all – but was she really, or was it just an act?
Was my quest to win a deposit for a first house utterly Pointless? 2011
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Bert is the quintessential cantankerous old man, a know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of an AARP Magazine cover.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Bert is the quintessential cantankerous old man, a know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of an AARP Magazine cover.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Bert is the quintessential cantankerous old man, a know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of an AARP Magazine cover.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Bert is the quintessential cantankerous old man, a know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of an AARP Magazine cover.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Bert is the quintessential cantankerous old man, a know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of an AARP Magazine cover.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Bert is the quintessential cantankerous old man, a know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of an AARP Magazine cover.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Bert is the quintessential cantankerous old man, a know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of an AARP Magazine cover.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Bert is the quintessential cantankerous old man, a know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of an AARP Magazine cover.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home" Holly Cara Price 2011
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