หัวหมอ
hŭua mŏr
Meanings
1NounB1
a sly, smart‑aleck person who uses tricks or technicalities (disapproving)
Informal, disapproving: a person who shows off cleverness in an annoying or underhand way; often uses nitpicky points, loopholes, or small tricks to gain advantage or avoid blame.
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)คุยkuiคุยkui1[to] discuss; talk over2[to] date [sb]; be seeing [sb] (informal)3[to] brag; boast4[to] chat; talkกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleหัวหมอhŭua mŏrหัวหมอhŭua mŏr1smart‑alecky; crafty; argues on technicalities (disapproving)2a sly, smart‑aleck person who uses tricks or technicalities (disapproving)
Don't talk to him. He's a smart aleck.
2NounB2
smart‑alecky; crafty; argues on technicalities (disapproving)
Informal, disapproving: sly or smart‑alecky; habitually argues back, nitpicks, or plays with technicalities to outsmart others or evade blame.
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyโดนdohnโดนdohn1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeทำผิดกฎtam pìt gòtทำผิดกฎtam pìt gòt[to] break a rule; [to] violate regulationsเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำตัวtam dtuuaทำตัวtam dtuua1[to] behave; conduct oneself; carry oneself2[to] act like; present oneself as; make oneself out to beหัวหมอhŭua mŏrหัวหมอhŭua mŏr1smart‑alecky; crafty; argues on technicalities (disapproving)2a sly, smart‑aleck person who uses tricks or technicalities (disapproving)อ้างâangอ้างâang1[to] cite; quote; refer to2[to] use as a pretext; justify3[to] claim; assertกฎหมายgòt-măaiกฎหมายgòt-măai1law; statute2the law (legal system)3legal code/body of lawข้อkôข้อkô1item; point; clause2joint (anatomy)3condition; term4flaw; drawback5classifier: items/points/clauses/questionsนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ข้อkôข้อkô1item; point; clause2joint (anatomy)3condition; term4flaw; drawback5classifier: items/points/clauses/questionsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเอาตัวรอดao dtuua rôtเอาตัวรอดao dtuua rôt1[to] survive; [to] get by2[to] save one’s own skin
When he got caught breaking the rule, he acted slyly, citing this and that legal clause to get away with it.
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หัวหมอhŭua mŏrหัวหมอhŭua mŏra sly, smart‑aleck person who uses tricks or technicalities (disapproving)