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1. Get the meaning of something
   "Do you savvy the meaning of this letter?";
   - grok [N. Amer], get the picture, comprehend, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend

1. The cognitive condition of someone who understands
   - understanding, apprehension, discernment

1. Possessing sound knowledge
   "savvy readers";
   - intelligent, well-informed, clued-up [Brit]
    
2. Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
   - astute, sharp, shrewd

Derived forms: savvier, savvies, savvied, savvying, savviest

See also: smart, sophisticated

Type of: knowing, understand

Encyclopedia: Savvy