street-smart in English

adjective
1
having the skills and knowledge necessary for dealing with modern urban life, especially the difficult or criminal aspects of it.
a street-smart hustler on a motorcycle
noun
1
the skills and knowledge necessary for dealing with modern urban life.
take the advice of somebody who's got a little more street smarts than you

Use "street-smart" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "street-smart" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "street-smart", or refer to the context using the word "street-smart" in the English Dictionary.

1. ‘A stylish and street-smart thief tries to Burglarise a billionaire.’

2. 24 He is street smart and is not afraid of this neighborhood.

3. Aladdin, a street-smart commoner, pairs up with clever, confident Princess Jasmine to fight against the evil sorcerer Jafar and foil his plans of taking over the kingdom

4. ‘This telegenic Chicagoan pianist was the highlight of the Barbican's concert.’ ‘His beautiful, French-born mother had somehow fallen for his tough, street-smart Chicagoan father.’ ‘The likes of famous Chicagoan actors Vince Vauhgh and Gary Sinise will be featured as well.’

5. And as noted in Theology Today, still others see Jesus as “a cynic, a wandering sage, or a peasant mystic; a community organizer, a hippie poet jabbing at the establishment, or a street smart provocateur who raps his way through the seething, impoverished, socially volatile villages of backwater Palestine.”