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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
   "he has virtually no savvy of social cause and effect"
   - understanding, apprehension, discernment

1. Possessing sound knowledge
   "savvy readers"
   - intelligent, well-informed
    
2. Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
   - astute, sharp, shrewd

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

See also: smart, sophisticated

Type of: knowing, understand

Encyclopedia: Savvy