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What is a know-it-all?

What is a know-it-all? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pejorative) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others.
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At times she's a gangling, anti-social adolescent, and at others a snobbish know-it-all, but she's always riveting.
Yes, he's a smarmy know-it-all with the personality of a hall monitor, the kind of guy everyone hides from at a Christmas party.
In other words, he comes across as a vainglorious know-it-all, absolutely convinced that he's right about everything.
I'm this zitty 13 year old with B.O., an insufferable know-it-all attitude and greasy hair.
I didn't like her at first because she seemed to be a know-it-all, she rolled her eyes at me a lot whenever I was trying to be funny.
It was good to share some of my learning with the group, but I was also conscious of not appearing like a know-it-all.

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