Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Credibility, especially among one's associates.

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  • noun slang Credibility among young, hip urban dwellers; particularly important in the hip-hop and gangsta-rap scene.

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  • noun credibility among young fashionable urban individuals

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[street + cred(it).]

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From street ("urban youth") + credibility, by shortening

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