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'HOOD

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

• 'HOOD (noun)

Sense 1

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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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