Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hood rat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: hood rat
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person, especially a man or a woman, from an urban neighborhood who overtly exhibits attributes associated with inner city life, especially in both behavior and appearance.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"Let's get a couple of hood rats over for the party tonight."
"It is true. Carmen is an official gold digger. In fact, she is an instructor at the school of gold digging. Hood rats have been clocking her style for years. Wanting to pull the players she pulled, and wishing they had the looks she had."

Etymology

From hood (“neighborhood”) + rat. First use appears c. 1993 in the Philadelphia Tribune.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hood rats (plural)

Questions

What does hood rat mean?: A person, especially a man or a woman, from an urban neighborhood who overtly exhibits attributes associated with inner city life, especially in both behavior and appearance.
Where does hood rat come from?: From hood (“neighborhood”) + rat. First use appears c. 1993 in the Philadelphia Tribune.

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