Definition of hood
hood 
noun
- shortened form of "neighborhood." Often implies a ghetto or urban community.
by Anonymous, Aug 08 1997.
- a criminal or delinquent. Perhaps shortened from "hoodlum."
That guy is a hood.
by will, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Mar 02 2003.
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