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wise-acre 

Wise-acre is essentially synonymous with the terms jerk and jackass. One defining feature is that a wise-acre enjoys comedy more than anything, and therefore an insult comic or a practical joker would be called wise-acres. It has fallen into disuse recently, but it's still there.
Yeah, Tom's a real wise-acre. He screwed the top of the salt-lid off and when I went to pour it it fell off.
wise-acre by Wesley Durrance October 19, 2005
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Richie has the reputation for being a wiseacre.
wiseacre by G Know March 31, 2007

Wiseacre 

That Emmet Wickersham is a real wiseacre, I tell you. I caught him stealing checkers off the board while I was looking at Lawrence Welk on the television set." "If he tries that just one more time, I'm calling the nurse."
Wiseacre by Markwonder August 30, 2010

wiseacres 

a group of Syracuse engineer majors that binge drink and take sexy photos of eachother in their spare time
why are those kids laying down in the hall way?
oh those wiseacres are getting shwasted again and posing for pics. its kinda awkward.