Usually means: Clever, knowledgeable, and practical understanding.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word savvy:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. savvy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. savvy: Merriam-Webster
  3. savvy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. savvy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. savvy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. savvy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Savvy, savvy: Wordnik
  8. savvy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. savvy: Wiktionary
  10. savvy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. savvy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. savvy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. savvy: Dictionary.com
  14. savvy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. savvy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Savvy (disambiguation), Savvy (novel), Savvy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. savvy: Rhymezone
  18. savvy: FreeDictionary.org
  19. savvy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. savvy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. savvy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Savvy: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SAVVY: Acronym Finder
  2. savvy: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. savvy, savvy, savvy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. savvy: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Savvy: Urban Dictionary
  4. Savvy: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

(Note: See savvied as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
verb:  (informal) To understand.
noun:  (informal) Shrewdness.

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