Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoodrat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: hoodrat
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sexually promiscuous woman.

Slang

noun

Alternative form of hood rat.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Compton's Most Wanted - Hoodrat (song)"
"2 Live Crew - Hoochie Mama (song)"
"The Hold Steady- Your Little Hoodrat Friend (song)"
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin (film)- "So what you just got to do is just get you a bunch of these hood rats run through them, just knock them out. Boom, boom, boom. And once you've done slayed like of them hood rats now you ready to go up to the upper echelon type ho. You know what I mean?" Jay"
"Hood Rat-K'wan, K'wan Foye (book)- "a woman of questionable repute, one who has been known to "get around" in the 'hood.""

Etymology

From hood + rat. See (slang) hood (“neighbourhood”).

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

hoodrats (plural)

Derived Forms

hoodratish

Synonyms

slut hoe

Questions

What does hoodrat mean?: A sexually promiscuous woman.
Where does hoodrat come from?: From hood + rat. See (slang) hood (“neighbourhood”).

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