Street-smart
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Street-smart is an adjective meaning Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, like that learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.
Meaning
Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, like that learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- street-smarter
- street-smartest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include book smart, hard-nosed, didactic, pragmatic, theoretico-practical, theoretic.
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