# hood rat

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hood-rat