Crossword clues for savvy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Savvy \Sav"vy\, Savvey \Sav"vey\, n. Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp; also, practical know-how; common sense. [Slang, U. S.] also adj. knowledgeable; well-informed; clever; canny; wise.
Savvy \Sav"vy\, Savvey \Sav"vey\, v. t. & i. [Written also savey.] [Sp. saber to know, sabe usted do you know?] To understand; to comprehend; know. [Slang, U. S.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1785, "practical sense, intelligence;" also a verb, "to know, to understand;" West Indies pidgin borrowing of French savez(-vous)? "do you know?" or Spanish sabe (usted) "you know," both from Vulgar Latin *sapere, from Latin sapere "be wise, be knowing" (see sapient). The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun. Related: Savvily; savviness.
Wiktionary
(context informal English) shrewd, well-informed and perceptive. interj. (context informal English) Do you understand? n. shrewdness v
(context informal English) to understand
WordNet
n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" [syn: understanding, apprehension, discernment]
v. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: get the picture, comprehend, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend]
Wikipedia
Savvy may refer to:
In art and entertainment:
- Savvy (novel), a 2008 children's fantasy novel by Ingrid Law
- Savvy Records, a defunct American record label
- Savvy, of the American pop duo Savvy & Mandy
- Savvy, an American pop group whose members appear in the sitcom The Wannabes
- Savvy (magazine), an Indian women's magazine
- SAVVY Contemporary, a Berlin-based art institution.
In products and companies:
- Savvy Vodka, a brand of vodka
- Proton Savvy, a supermini car
- Savvy Marketing Group, a company founded by Grace Ueng
- Savvy, a computer language for programming the RB5X and other robots
People:
- Charles M. Cooke, Jr. (1886-1970), nicknamed "Savvy", United States Navy admiral
- Charles Read (naval officer) (1840–1890), nicknamed "Savvy", United States Navy and Confederate States Navy officer
Savvy is a 2008 children's fantasy novel by Ingrid Law aimed at children aged nine to twelve years. The American Library Association named Savvy a 2009 Newbery Honor Book.
Usage examples of "savvy".
He had already shown political savvy by helping his father restructure the tax code, earning the respect of all three fractious regions: fishing coast, farming heartland, and wild mountains.
To them, Robertson was just another Southern-ftled Elmer Gantry bigot with a slick line of LordyJesus hoodoo who could hypnotize a couple of million American goobers into turning over their bank accounts to the savvy Scots.
The meeter and greeter, and the most savvy about show horses and jumpers, was Rita Scully herself.
Bobby fit the profile that Scott envisioned as an ideal accomplice, savvy, agile, and smart.
A politically savvy cynic could wonder if a more restrictive regime was gaining a foothold on Earth, taking advantage of the Restorationist scandal.
Highton discourse, Kaliga had deliberately given a direct answer, a great insult among Aristos, but he assumed Jai had neither the savvy nor intelligence to know.
When I first arrived, the proverbial babe-in-the-woods, there were plenty of savvy forest denizens happy to offer guidance in exchange for a share of my earnings.
Family and had a long lifetime rich in story and experience, the kind of gut savvy that meant more in dealing with Marauder mechs than anything else.
We need to buckle down to the realization that as long as our pests are going to keep bothering us, we may as well get into the spirit of the battle and hunt them down with savvy, persistence and impunity.
My kind savvies any halfway sensible-acting cuss with a permanent address and irrigated croplands marked by boundaries anyone of goodwill can agree on.
To them, Robertson was just another Southern-ftled Elmer Gantry bigot with a slick line of LordyJesus hoodoo who could hypnotize a couple of million American goobers into turning over their bank accounts to the savvy Scots.
It may turn out to be convergence at its best, as librarians become computer savvy - and computer types create knowledge and disseminate it.
The less computer savvy users - unable to find free alternatives - are more willing to pay.
Yamazaki, struck by the queer American poetry, had been on the verge of asking after Chainsaw Savvy.
Ormer Bell writing screenplays with Jonquil Adams and Austin Carl, chatting with Hampton Drane on the phone, a regular rising star, and it could have been her, but she wasn't savvy enough, she wasn't something enough.