STREET SMARTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does street smarts mean? 

• STREET SMARTS (noun)
  The noun STREET SMARTS has 1 sense:

1. a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment

  Familiarity information: STREET SMARTS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STREET SMARTS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("street smarts" is a kind of...):

astuteness; perspicaciousness; perspicacity; shrewdness (intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings))