STREET SMARTS

Meaning of STREET SMARTS in English

Informal.

shrewd awareness of how to survive or succeed in any situation, esp. as a result of living or working in a difficult environment, as a city ghetto neighborhood.

[ 1970-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

STREET SMARTS — [street smarts] n pl (1972): the quality of being streetwise
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STREET SMARTS — You can use street smarts to refer to the skills and intelligence people need to be successful in difficult situations, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STREET SMARTS — n pl AmE infml You either pick up street smarts or you don't — Ты или усваиваешь законы улицы, или погибаешь If …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
STREET SMARTS — n pl AmE infml You either pick up street smarts or you don't — Ты или усваиваешь законы улицы, или …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
STREET SMARTS — street smarts n pl AmE infml You either pick up street smarts or you don't Ты или усваиваешь законы улицы, …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
STREET SMARTS — You either pick up street smarts or you don't — Ты или усваиваешь законы улицы, или погибаешь If you don't …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
STREET SMARTS — noun plural Date: 1972 the quality of being streetwise
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STREET SMARTS — -¦smä(r)ts, -mȧt- noun plural Etymology: smart (II) + -s (I) : the quality of being streetwise
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STREET SMARTS — skills and knowledge needed to survive in an urban environment
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STREET SMARTS — Date: 1972 : the quality of being streetwise
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STREET SMARTS — Function: noun plural Date: 1972 : the quality of being streetwise
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
STREET SMARTS — See main entry: ↑ street-smart
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STREET SMARTS — You can use ~ to refer to the skills and intelligence people need to be successful in difficult situations, especially …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STREET SMARTS — knowing how to survive, worldly wise You need street smarts to be a police officer in Toronto.
English Idioms vocab
STREET SMARTS — knowing how to survive, worldly wise You need street smarts to be a police officer in Toronto.
English Idioms vocabulary
STREET — I. ˈstrēt, usu -ēd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt; akin to Old Frisian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMARTS — present third singular of smart plural of smart
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STREET — — streetless , adj. — streetlike , adj. /street/ , n. 1. a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STREET — I. ˈstrēt noun Etymology: Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt, from Late Latin strata paved road, from Latin, feminine …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SMARTS — N. Amer. informal intelligence; acumen. → smart
Concise Oxford English vocab
STREET — [street] n [ME strete, fr. OE straet, fr. LL strata paved road, fr. L, fem. of stratus, pp.--more at stratum] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STREET — street, Street BrE AmE striːt ▷ streets striːts —Unlike all other words referring to thoroughfares, street is usually not accented …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STREET — / striːt; NAmE / noun ( abbr. St , st ) a public road in a city or town that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMARTS — / smɑːts; NAmE smɑːrts/ noun [ U ] ( NAmE , informal ) intelligence : She made it to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STREET — street S1 W1 /striːt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: stræt ] 1 . a public …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SMARTS — smarts /smɑːts $ smɑːrts/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] American English informal intelligence: If she had any smarts, she’d get rid …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STREET — n. 1 a a public road in a city, town, or village. b this with the houses or other buildings …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STREET — n. 1 a a public road in a city, town, or village. b this with the houses or other buildings …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STREET — n.1 a a public road in a city, town, or village. b this with the houses or other buildings on …
Oxford English vocab
STREET — ( streets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A street is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STREET — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is a road …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STREET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a city street ▪ Traffic was moving slowly along the city streets. a crowd lines …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SMARTS — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Cusack plays the mayor with passion and political smarts . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Cambridge English vocab
SMARTS — Synonyms and related words : Vernunft, acuity, acuteness, adroitness, aptitude, aptness, brain, braininess, brains, brightness, brilliance, clear thinking, cleverness, conception, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SMARTS — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
STREET — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , wide ▪ narrow ▪ bustling , busy , congested , crowded ▪ pedestrian , pedestrianized …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SMARTS — noun Smarts is used after these nouns: ↑ street
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STREET — See ↑ ROAD/PATH 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ back street • ↑ cul-de-sac/dead end/dead end street • ↑ high street • …
Longman Activator English vocab
STREET — See: BACK STREET, CROSS STREET, MAN IN THE STREET, ON EASY STREET, SIDE STREET, STOP STREET, THROUGH STREET.
Словарь английских идиом
SMARTS — intelligence, mental ability Jen gets good grades. She has the smarts to win a scholarship.
English Idioms vocab
SMARTS — intelligence, mental ability Jen gets good grades. She has the smarts to win a scholarship.
English Idioms vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMARTS — вызывать резкую боль
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STREET — _n. 1> улица 2> (the Street) _ам. _жарг. деловой или финансовый центр (обыкн. Уоллстрит) 3> _attr. уличный; street fighting - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
STREET — n. 1. улица 2. (the Street) ам. жарг. деловой или финансовый центр (обыкн. Уоллстрит) 3. attr. уличный; street fighting - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
STREET — улица - blind street - business street - commercial street - high street - local street - main street - one-way street - residential street - shopping street - side …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
STREET — сущ. улица - Lombard Street - sell in the Street - Street - Threadneedle Street Bank of England - threadneedle Street - Throgmorten Street - Throgmorton Street - Wall …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
STREET — _n. 1> улица 2> (the S.) _ам. _жарг. деловой или финансовый центр (_обыкн. Уоллстрит) 3> _attr. уличный; street fighting уличные …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
STREET — улица - arterial street - blind street - collector street - corridor-type street - cross street - dead-end street - …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
SMARTS — n pl AmE sl He's got plenty of smarts but no spunk — У него котелок варит, но он очень нерешительный
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SMARTS — n pl AmE sl He's got plenty of smarts but no spunk — У него котелок варит, но он очень …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SMARTS — smarts n pl AmE sl He's got plenty of smarts but no spunk У него котелок варит, но он очень …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SMARTS — He's got plenty of smarts but no spunk — У него котелок варит, но он очень нерешительный
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
STREET — улица - congested street - main street - narrow street - one-way street - suburban street - urban street
Англо-Русский автомобильный словарь - Руссо
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMARTS — вызывать резкую боль
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMARTS — вызывать резкую боль
Англо-Русский словарь
HAVE A CASE OF THE SMARTS — case of the smarts, have a expr AmE infml That guy sure has a case of the smarts Чего он …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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