Definition of street smarts

street smarts    

noun - uncountable

• knowledge about life on the streets.

  He's got book smarts but no street smarts.

  • See more words with the same meaning: intelligent, smart.

  Last edited on Sep 23 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'intelligent, smart':
streetwise	Definitions include: with an ability to handle situations in urban environments.
brain	Definitions include: to hit someone in the head quite hard.
book smarts	Definitions include: knowledge gained from reading and studying.
smarts	Definitions include: extensive knowledge of or ability in a particular topic.
smart cookie	Definitions include: an intelligent person.
whiz	Definitions include: a person with skill in a particular subject or trade.
brainy	Definitions include: smart.
brains	Definitions include: fellatio.
rep	Definitions include: to "represent".
Einstein	Definitions include: a smart person.
sharp as a tack	Definitions include: very smart.
smarty	Definitions include: a smart person.
head	Definitions include: a person who has both street and book knowledge.
slick	Definitions include: impressive; "cool"; "awesome".
boffin	Definitions include: a scientist, engineer, or person employed in a technical field.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'smart':
book smarts	Definitions include: knowledge gained from reading and studying.
smart	Definitions include: stylish, cool, well-dressed, generally good or desirable.
smart alec	Definitions include: an insolent person; "smart ass".
smart aleck	Definitions include: an insolent person; "smart ass".
smart *ss	Definitions include: a person who replies to questions or situations satirically or in a condescending manner.
smart cookie	Definitions include: an intelligent person.
smart dog	Definitions include: a security guard at a place such as a shopping mall or college campus who is obviously not a police officer.
smart money, the	Definitions include: in a betting situation, the option most likely to win.
smarts	Definitions include: extensive knowledge of or ability in a particular topic.
street smart	Definitions include: knowledgeable about life on the streets.
Other terms relating to 'street':
go street	Definitions include: to get rough, or to fight back with your words
street	Definitions include: Hip with an ultra-sharp edge.
street cred	Definitions include: credibility "on the streets."
street dog	Definitions include: hot dog sold by street vendor.
street meat	Definitions include: Slang for prostitute.
street pharmacist	Definitions include: drug dealer.
street pizza	Definitions include: vomit on the pavement.
street punk	Definitions include: a low-class hooligan.
street runner	Definitions include: an errand boy for a drug dealer.
street smart	Definitions include: knowledgeable about life on the streets.
Street Taco	Definitions include: A female who, like its namesake: hits the spot when drinking or doing methamphetamine, whose contents are of unknown -or of questionable- origin, comes back at inopportune times (like indigestion), and may regret eating the day after.
Street, The	Definitions include: Wall Street.
street walker	Definitions include: a prostitute.
streetwise	Definitions include: with an ability to handle situations in urban environments.
word on the street, the	Definitions include: the current talk or rumors.

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