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'HOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does 'hood mean?
• 'HOOD (noun)
The noun 'HOOD has 1 sense:
1. (slang) a neighborhood
Familiarity information: 'HOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(slang) a neighborhood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("'hood" is a kind of...):
locality; neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity (a surrounding or nearby region)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
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