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streetwise

adj

Etymology

From street + -wise.

  1. inherited from *-wīsaz✻
  2. inherited from *-wīs✻
  3. inherited from -wīs
  4. inherited from -wis
  5. compounded as streetwise — “street + -wise”

Definitions

  1. Having the necessary knack, personality and instinct for survival in rough, urban…

    Having the necessary knack, personality and instinct for survival in rough, urban environments.

    • Where's the streetwise Hercules / to fight the rising odds?

  2. Possessing a style that reflects urban life and microculture.

    • You could tell from the way he spat old Tupac lyrics, loitering in the corner with his homies, flipping that Yankees cap on his head like he couldn't give a damn that he was streetwise enough to melt Will Smith.

The neighborhood

Derived

streetwiseness, unstreetwise

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for streetwise. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA