streetwise

1. To be wise in the ways of the life in a large metropolitan area.

2. (Derogatory) (To be said of a stupid person) To know what street one lives on.

1. He's lived in Detroit all his life. He's very streetwise.

2. Matt's not completely stupid, at least he's streetwise.

by tradesman March 31, 2003

streetwise

Someone who can squabble, knows the slang of the street, and respects the "criminal world"'s laws

I'ma streetwise because of the place where I'm from

by Nesafiz March 6, 2004

streetwise

A person who is wise on a street level. Due to this they are usually quite short so they are closer to the streets. Their outfit of choice is based around a oversized parkas that make them look like drug dealers. Additionally, they generally possess strong colloquial accents so as to fit in with urban culture and come from crime families so look out for particularly cool mothers.

person 1: which cat ellis?
person 2: you know, streetwise cat!

person 1: ooooh, i know who you're talking about now

by jo-ann November 24, 2013

Streetwise

A nickname for my mum.

Oh! Look it's streetwise!!

by tobiosunathing March 23, 2021

streetwise

Knowing how to get places quicker

John is streetwise he knows how to get places quickly

by Amans trim is dead August 21, 2021

streetwise angel

a person who roams around the streets always alone either at night or day and always taking notice of things that other people dont

That girl is such a streetwise angel. one time i saw her walking to the park at 2 in the morning.

by etrnty May 6, 2009

Streetwise Crew

Two white (but not trash) teenage upcoming rappers that form the center of a conglomerate of like-minded individuals from different social groupings. Half Dutch and half American, the SWC is known at their school for speaking their mind, not giving a flying shit about what others say about them, and being generally very 'gangsta' (add the necessary sardonic winks here). The sworn mortal enemies of the Bitch Posse Wannabe Clan, due to a long-running and deeply personal feud between the SWC's American half and the 'Head Bitch' of the BPWC.

"And you just gotta step behind my back, without the balls to diss me to my face and get clapped,
I bring that, to any punk motherfucker ready to go tit for tat, but they all step back
When my clan rats bring noise and gats, you ignore the facts when I show you the plans of our attack
You get beat down for runnin’ your mouth by twenty cats and it’s all in perspective, until you get smacked" --excerpt from 'SWC- My People'

by CK November 2, 2004