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Definition of wise guy
wise guy 
noun
- a member of the mafia (aka "mob.")
Citation from "Trapdoor", Life (TV, 2008), Season 2 Episode 12 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta.
Last edited on Jul 20 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 05 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta': | |
| Definitions include: "criminal". | |
| Definitions include: a clique of people. | |
| Definitions include: short for "gangster" or "gangsta." | |
| Definitions include: someone who is in a gang. | |
| Definitions include: someone who pretends to be a gangster. | |
| Definitions include: a gang member or "ruffian." | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "original gangsta" meaning an older gangsta. | |
| Definitions include: a younger punk who is homeless or pretends to be homeless. | |
| Definitions include: a tough person or rebel. | |
| Definitions include: a person who has not had their first kiss or has never French kissed. | |
| Definitions include: to have, to take. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive female, usually due to obesity. | |
| Definitions include: any football player who played for the Florida State University football team (the Seminoles) and was convicted of a crime. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing; UNCOOL. | |
| Definitions include: a person who smuggles undocumented aliens across the Mexico-US border into the United States, usually for a fee. | |
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| Definitions include: a criminal. | |
| Definitions include: friendly way of referring to a fellow male. | |
| Definitions include: making fun of someone that did something stupid. | |
| Definitions include: humorous pretend Chinese food item. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is blamed for something bad. | |
| Definitions include: "fucking new guy". | |
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| Definitions include: an expert or person one goes to for advice or a paid specialist in a given field. | |
| Definitions include: Pronouced (guy-it) | |
| Definitions include: anything. | |
| Definitions include: a nice person. | |
| Definitions include: any person who does something considered inappropriate; "the kind of guy that does that." | |
| Definitions include: egotistical, way too cool. | |
Other terms relating to 'wise': | |
| Definitions include: To think you know everything. Or making a disbelieving remark. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Older Wiser Learner". | |
| Definitions include: with an ability to handle situations in urban environments. | |
| Definitions include: an insolent person. | |
| Definitions include: to become aware of something, especially a scam. | |
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