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Definition of street adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

street

adjective

NAmE//strit//

[only before noun]

informal and based on the daily life of ordinary people in cities street sports such as skateboarding and skating street newspapers sold by the homeless street culture/dance/law Street sports are informal and based on whatever people want to play.

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street noun
on-street adjective
off-street adjective
cross street noun
main street noun
side street noun
street cred noun
street-smart adjective
street value noun
Wall Street noun
street clothes noun
street hockey noun
street people noun
street smarts noun
street theater noun
on easy street
streetwise adjective
hit the street(s)
back on the streets/street
(out) on the streets/street

Idioms

on easy street
hit the street(s)
back on the streets/street
(out) on the streets/street
the man (and/or woman) on the street

Nearby words

stream of consciousness noun
street noun
street adjective
streetboard noun
streetcar noun