streety

English

Etymology

From street +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːti

Adjective

streety (comparative more streety, superlative most streety)

1. (informal) Of the street, as a place of unpolished modern culture; streetwise.
   • 2003, Frederick S Clarke, Cinefantastique:

     ...more of a streety kind of mixture of martial arts and grappling.

   • 2005, Lori M Carlson, Oscar Hijuelos, Red hot salsa:

     A group of girls talking in a mix of languages, in a streety English hip-hop and a swoony lyricism spiked with Spanish.

   • 2007 January 14, Rob Walker, “Biker Chic”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The makers of a new DVD called “Mash SF” — full of streety stunts (and painful-looking crashes) in the manner of a skate video but with bikes — were recently recruited to contribute to the influential Japanese style Web site Honeyee.com .

Anagrams

• Syrette, Yetters, syrette