n.
1. Derived from the word neighborhood. Usually refers to an undesirable area: gangsters are from the “hood”; wankstas are from the suburbs.
2. A district or area with distinctive characteristics: a neighborhood of finehomes; an ethnic hood.
3. The area above a woman’s vagina: that cluck gots her hood pierced.
"Cuz the boyz n tha hood are always hard You come talkin that trash we'll pull your card
Knowin nothin in life but to be legit Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't sayin shit"
-Eazy E
The hood is a lower income crime riddled area. An unsafe place to live. Residents usually live in fear of life from day to day. Not a 'nice' place to live.