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hood rats

hood rats is the plural of hood rat.

Meaning of hood rat

Noun

hood rat (plural hood rats)

  1. (derogatory, slang, African-American Vernacular) 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.
    • Let's get a couple of hood rats over for the party tonight.

Questions about hood rats

What is hood rats the plural of?
Hood rats is the plural of hood rat.

Words near hood rats in the dictionary

  1. Hood County
  2. hood ornament
  3. hood ornaments
  4. hood rat
  5. hood ratish
  6. hood rats
  7. hood rattish
  8. hood rich
  9. Hood River
  10. Hood River County
  11. hood suppression system

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