hood
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8.1
- noun
- /hʊd/
- Slang
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barrio
- You're back in the 'hood just before your mama calls you in for dinner.
I'm good in the hood, like I was saying.
- I'm good in the hood, like I was saying.
- You ain't front of the hood, dude.
- A lot of them in the in the hood that we called the hood.
- All is good in the hood Then you nice shot.
- Yeah, boys in the hood started that, man.
- And so it the the same mentality from the hood trickles down into hip hop.
- And you know, it's like it's cool to have hood maps exists.
- to them, this is different hood, but still the hood,
- It was there that was the hood from you from the suburbs.
- Sleeping Beauty in the Hood in the film.
Examples
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Look, man, you back in the hood now, man.
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It's my hood!
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Yeah, boys in the hood started that, man.
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I'm good in the hood, like I was saying.
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And I think the people from the hood, because I'm from the hood, deserve everything.
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It ain't really the hood.
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All around the world like Where's Waldo, in the club but he ain't on the wall though, he's in the hood asking where the child goes.
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The new community center will serve the kids in the hood after school.
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Many small businesses are opening in the hood, bringing new jobs to the area.
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Growing up in the hood, he learned the importance of looking out for one another.
Synonyms
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1.8
An area in a town or city where people live near each other
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5.6
A poor crowded part of a city where a minority group lives
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7.9
A part of a city where many people speak Spanish or come from Latin America
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
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9.9
An insulting word for a person from a poor neighborhood who behaves in a rough or criminal way
- Literature
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2.3
A girl in a famous fairy tale who meets a wolf while visiting her grandmother
- Specialized
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4.4
An attachment that fits the front of a camera lens to block stray light and protect it
- Archaic
A large loose cloak with a hood that you wear over evening clothes to formal events
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Etymology
Hood is a short form of neighborhood, which simply means 'the area where you live', so saying someone is 'from the hood' means they are from that local community.