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noun
1.
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
2.
such a thoroughfare together with adjacent buildings, lots, etc.: Houses, lawns, and trees composed a very pleasant street.
3.
the roadway of such a thoroughfare, as distinguished from the sidewalk: to cross a street.
4.
a main way or thoroughfare, as distinguished from a lane, alley, or the like.
5.
EXPANDthe inhabitants or frequenters of a street: The whole street gossiped about the new neighbors.
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COLLAPSEthe Street, Informal.
a.
the section of a city associated with a given profession or trade, especially when concerned with business or finance, as Wall Street.
b.
the principal theater and entertainment district of any of a number of U.S. cities.
adjective
7.
of, on, or adjoining a street: a street door just off the sidewalk.
8.
taking place or appearing on the street: street fight; street musicians.
10.
suitable for everyday wear: street clothes; street dress.
11.
retail: the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug.
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On the street
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English strēt, strǣt; cognate with Dutch straat, German Strasse; all ≪ Latin (via) strāta paved (road); see stratum
before 900; Middle English; Old English strēt, strǣt; cognate with Dutch straat, German Strasse; all ≪ Latin (via) strāta paved (road); see stratum
Related forms
street·less, adjective
street·like, adjective
in·ter·street, adjective
Synonyms
1. roadway, concourse. Street, alley, avenue, boulevard all refer to public ways or roads in municipal areas. A street is a road in a village, town, or city, especially a road lined with buildings. An alley is a narrow street or footway, especially at the rear of or between rows of buildings or lots. An avenue is properly a prominent street, often one bordered by fine residences and impressive buildings, or with a row of trees on each side. A boulevard is a beautiful, broad street, lined with rows of stately trees, especially used as a promenade. In some cities street and avenue are used interchangeably, the only difference being that those running one direction (say, north and south) are given one designation and those crossing them are given the other.
1. roadway, concourse. Street, alley, avenue, boulevard all refer to public ways or roads in municipal areas. A street is a road in a village, town, or city, especially a road lined with buildings. An alley is a narrow street or footway, especially at the rear of or between rows of buildings or lots. An avenue is properly a prominent street, often one bordered by fine residences and impressive buildings, or with a row of trees on each side. A boulevard is a beautiful, broad street, lined with rows of stately trees, especially used as a promenade. In some cities street and avenue are used interchangeably, the only difference being that those running one direction (say, north and south) are given one designation and those crossing them are given the other.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
street
O.E. stret (Mercian), stræt (W.Saxon), early W.Gmc. borrowing from L.L. strata, used elliptically for via strata "paved road," from fem. pp. of L. sternere "lay down, spread out, pave," from PIE *stre-to- "to stretch, extend," from base *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see
EXPAND structure). The Latin is also the source of Sp. estrada, O.Fr. estrée, It. strada. Originally of Roman roads (Watling Street, Icknield Street, etc.), later in O.E. it acquired a dialectal sense of "straggling village." "In the Middle Ages, a road or way was merely a direction in which people rode or went, the name street being reserved for the made road." [Weekley] Used since c.1400 to mean "the people in the street;" modern sense of "the realm of the people as the source of political support" dates from 1931. Man in the street "ordinary person, non-expert" is attested from 1831. Street-car is attested from 1862. Street-walker "common prostitute" first recorded 1592. Street people is from 1967; street smarts is from 1972; street-credibility is from 1979.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
on the street
Also, in the street.
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Without a job, unemployed, as in After they fired her she was on the street for two years. [First half of 1900s]
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Without a regular place of residence, homeless, as in It's terrible to be on the street in winter. [Mid-1800s]
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Released from prison, as in One more year and he'll be back in the street. [First half of 1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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