Define In The Hood Meaning

In The Hood
The act of being in the ghetto.

A ghetto area within a major city.

You should've seen this house we were at last night, it was DEEP in the hood. What a shithole!

I had to risk my life to get a bag because my dealer lives in the hood.
By Maire
On The Hood?
Ebonics for "Really?" or "For Real?" Often used in times of hood calamity.

"Oh shit, cuh, mah boy on ninf just got blasted!"

"Oh shit! On the hood?"

"Yeah mothafucka get yo gat les go!"
By Lory
The Hood
a place where plenty of shit goes down like gangbangin, drug dealin, killin, a place where you wouldnt want to be

South Central LA, South Bronx, Queensbridge, Southside Houston, Brooklyn, parts of Queens, Philly, etc.
By Laney
Hood
Adjective: Someone who is from an inner city and expresses the essence of urban culture. Not to be confused with ghetto because a person can be hood but not ghetto at all. Describing a person as 'hood" can be a positive compliment but describing someone as ghetto is usually derogatory. Many people that are "hood" are successful, classy individuals who not only survived the perils of the inner city but love their hometown and have a desire to make it better for everyone there. Whereas people described as ghetto are usually poor, trashy and uncouth. Back in the day, many "ghetto" people lived in the projects. "Hood" describes people from the hood who were raised with the hip hop era but are not and have never been ghetto. Many grew up in middle class households in the hood. They are home boys and home girls.

Dude is so hood. Did you peep his style?
By Nikolia
Hood
When you come from the streets and you know The Struggle.

By Bellanca
The Hood
see: Last place you wanna be at on earth.

Two cops and a drug dealer were shot in the hood last night.
By Rea
Hood
1. The ghetto.
2. Someone who is from the ghetto.
3. Someone who acts like they are from the ghetto.
Other Slang: Hoodlum, Gangsta, Thug, Nigga, Pimp, Street-rat, Street Urchin, etc.

4. The foreskin of a penis.
5. Covering of the clitoris.

By Corly
Hood
Derived from "neighborhood". An area which one lives/lived/ or is in

Ima go visit my hood.
i need to raise up out my hood
By Cheslie
Hood
Someone who is hood is very different from someone who is street
You can be hood without having to sell drugs or gang bang
Lots of hood individuals go to school, work, and are successful despite having the mentality
To be hood means you care about your neighborhood, and you understand how it is
Someone who is street is someone who sells drugs, gangbangs, and brings a negative image to their neighborhood.

Caine in Menace 2 Society was hood, while ODogg was street
By Veda
The Hood
The hood is a working class area.

It can be an urban ghetto or a suburb. It depends on which country we're dealing with.
In the USA it is primary the urban ghettos that are called "the hood", but in other countries (in Europe for instance) the suburbs is actually the place, where most people from the lower social classes live. The suburbs will be the hood in these areas.

The area does not have to be dominated by apartment buildings to be called "The hood". It is all about the social class of the population.

"Ain't nothing good in the hood
I'd run away from this bitch and never come back if I could"
- 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson)
By Ellynn