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street-smart

Speech parts

1. street-smart - Adjective

2. street-smart - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment

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street smart

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Examples

Critical reception of Mamet ‘Mamet speak’ Mamet's style of writing dialogue, marked by a cynical, street-smart edge, precisely crafted for effect, is so distinctive that it has come to be called Mamet speak. Source: Internet

He was an unapologetic ladies man who enjoyed the company of beautiful women, but he was street-smart and could engage in violent hand-to-hand fighting if the moment called for it. Source: Internet

The street-smart translation of that word is that no one — absolutely no one – knows what is going to happen with the U.S. economy going forward because of coronavirus impacts. Source: Internet

They were a pragmatic, honest and street-smart bunch — several were accountants and lawyers and other types of everyday professionals. Source: Internet

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