Definitions

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  • noun slang A sexually promiscuous girl.

Etymologies

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hood +‎ rat. See hood (slang), neighbourhood.

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Examples

  • The seven page booklet begins with the definition of Ebonics, then a list of some of the words you may hear: a "hoodrat," "peeps."

    CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007 2007

  • If I had had only my parents, I would probably be out there looking for myself and trying to do "hoodrat stuff" like Latarian Milton, too.

    Zack Isaacs: How to Stop Flash Mobs Zack Isaacs 2011

  • If I had had only my parents, I would probably be out there looking for myself and trying to do "hoodrat stuff" like Latarian Milton, too.

    Zack Isaacs: How to Stop Flash Mobs Zack Isaacs 2011

  • Springsteen's post-lawsuit record remains a signature recording in his career, the first album in a populist phrase that began with the oft-overlooked Born to Run track "Night" and continued on the records that completed his transition from turnpike hoodrat to heartland hero: The River, Nebraska with a title song that was, like Badham's film, inspired by the Starkweather story, and Born in the U.S.A.

    Rob Kirkpatrick: Springsteen's Grave New World: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story Rob Kirkpatrick 2010

  • Springsteen's post-lawsuit record remains a signature recording in his career, the first album in a populist phrase that began with the oft-overlooked Born to Run track "Night" and continued on the records that completed his transition from turnpike hoodrat to heartland hero: The River, Nebraska with a title song that was, like Badham's film, inspired by the Starkweather story, and Born in the U.S.A.

    Rob Kirkpatrick: Springsteen's Grave New World: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story Rob Kirkpatrick 2010

  • Oh, you think your little hoodrat antics are scaring me?

    Daddy by Default Pat Tucker 2010

  • Springsteen's post-lawsuit record remains a signature recording in his career, the first album in a populist phrase that began with the oft-overlooked Born to Run track "Night" and continued on the records that completed his transition from turnpike hoodrat to heartland hero: The River, Nebraska with a title song that was, like Badham's film, inspired by the Starkweather story, and Born in the U.S.A.

    Rob Kirkpatrick: Springsteen's Grave New World: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story Rob Kirkpatrick 2010

  • Oh, you think your little hoodrat antics are scaring me?

    Daddy by Default Pat Tucker 2010

  • I thought it was Laterian (SP) back up to more hoodrat stuff ...

    Dlisted - Be Very Afraid 2009

  • Don't insult me by lumping me in the same category with that ghetto hoodrat!

    Nasty Attack Ad Hits Jewish Dem Congressman For Visiting "Our Churches" 2009

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