(n.) See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.

alive to appreciative of apprised of awake to aware of behind the curtain behind the scenes canny cognizant of conscious of hep to in the know in the secret informed of knowing let into mindful of nimble-witted no stranger to on to privy to quick quick-witted seized of sensible of sensible to sharp sharp-witted slick smart streetwise undeceived wise to