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street-smart en · ADJ

Etymology

Back-formation from street smarts.

Meanings

  1. Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, like that learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.
    • im street smarter than him yo
    • For Liverpool, it capped six days of desperate disappointment after missing out on the Premier League to Manchester City by a single point then losing to this experienced, street-smart Real team. 2022 May 28, Phil McCulty, “Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
street-smartest Degree=Sup lexicographic
street-smarter Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Coordinates

book-smart

Relateds

streetwise

Translations (11)

de bauernschlau (having practical knowledge) · es canchero (having practical knowledge) · es sotreta (having practical knowledge) · es resabioso (having practical knowledge) · fi katuviisas (having practical knowledge) · hu élelmes (having practical knowledge) · es espabilado (having practical knowledge) · es despabilado (having practical knowledge) · es resabiado (having practical knowledge) · pl praktycznie mądry (having practical knowledge) · pt malandro (having practical knowledge)