Green’s Dictionary of Slang

wise-ass adj.

also wise-assed
[wise-ass n.]

self-opinionated, self-aggrandizing.

[US]E. Hoagland Cat Man 288: It was the time the wise-assed punk on Wardrobe had swaggered down the lines of cages showing how tough a mug he was.
[US](con. WWII) R. Leckie Marines! 58: Open ’at bag, you wise-assed sonuvva bitch!
[US]J. Rechy City of Night 28: No skinny wiseass punk pulls any shit on me.
[US]D. Goines Dopefiend (1991) 46: Tell that wise-ass bitch to take her business somewhere else.
[US]N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 42: He didn’t need a couple of wise-ass kids like us ruining his business.
[US]S. Morgan Homeboy 17: Wiseass barker dopeslingers [...] bulleted right to the top of Bermuda’s bummer parade.
[UK]Observer Screen 25 July 7: Will Smith can handle gun-totin’ action, wise-ass humour and bedroom duty.
[UK]Indep. Rev. 4 Mar. 11: Carl Mix portrays his family as a fun-loving group of wise-assed cuties.
[US]D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 49: ‘Then why were you busting chops?’ Frank asks. Because you’re a smarmy, wise-ass punk, Frank thinks.
J. Conley ‘Visitor at Copenhagen Street’ in ThugLit Jan. [ebook] He often called me pet [...] but he used it in a wise-ass way.