Similar to the trap, is where all the action happens. It’s dangerous but exciting. However if you are in the wrong place from the wrong place could turn deadly.
Yo dawg I just saw the homie when I was driving through the hood the other night.
Derived from the word "Hoodlum" meaning a young street ruffian, esp. one belonging to a gang. Originally used in the 40's and 50's to describe greasers.
3 adj
slang for a criminal, most usually a street tough or mugger
4 n
slang for a neighborhood,
usualy refers to a depressed comuinity,
most often used in refrence to the neighborhood that the speaker is from.
5 n
a hat or head covering that covers the entire head and sometimes shoulders with an opening for the face.
a hood used to be a seperate part of clothing but is now usually intergrated into a sweater or coat.
Short for hoodlum - a criminal of a thuggish nature - liable to mug, rob, steal, burgle (that's burglarize to anyone who speaks Yankish), create havoc at sporting venues (that's Soccer Hooligan).
Hoodlums are not 'good-people'.
This word can be naively used to encourage the development of socially adjusted behaviour in one's offspring:
"Oy, you! - shutcha mahf - yor turnin' intwa right 'oodlum, you are."
Trans: "Excuse me, please be quiet, the making of excessive noise will lead to a life of crime."