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 turndeadly.
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).