H | The Street Talk Dictionary

H.B.

1. an abbreviation for [hump buddy]; a term used to refer to someone who one is involved with sexually but not emotionally. (var. [one's] F.B. [f**k buddy])

"Oh that's just my H.B." "I told'em we were only hump buddies, and he got mad."

hafta

1. a way to say, "have to" or "must".

"I hafta get outta here." "Do you hafta do that?"

hail up

1. to give verbal recognition to someone.

"Tell'em we hailed'em up when you see'em."

half a man

1. fifty dollars ($50.00¢).

"I sent'em a half a man for his birthday."

half a "o-z"/ "o"

1. a half once of cocaine.

"That's the second half a o-z he lost this week."

half-ass f**k with

1. to have a less than cordial friendship or interaction with someone. (var. [to] half-ass mess with/like [someone])

"Yeah, I half-ass f**ks with ya man every now and then."

half-man half-amazin'

1. a male whose performance or abilities excel past his peers [often used as a boast or praise].

"I'm the one who's half-man half-amazin'."

half step

1. the act of putting forth less than one's full effort [usually effecting one's performance].

"We don't have no time for half steppin'."

half-way decent

1. one whose looks are just above average.

"All her friends are half-way decent."

half-way decent

1. mediocre; just above average.

"If its half-way decent I'mma cop one." "She brought back something that was half-way decent."

ham sandwich/sammich

1. a Cadillac Brougham.

hamburger helper

1. extra income earned to supplement one's main source of income.

"That part -time job is only hamburger helper."

hammer

1. a firearm; gun.

2. a empty handgun.

"Y'all gonna hafta leave them hammers outside."

hand skills

1. one's ability or inability to fist fight/box.

"I think he wants to test ya hand skills." "You seen I got hand skills."

hand-to-hand

1. the act of selling drugs retail in an open air drug market personally interacting with and making the sales to customers. (var. [to do] hand-to-hand combat)

"You hafta be real careful when you out there doin' hand-to-hand." "I seen females doin' hand-to-hand combat."

handle

1. one's unique ability to dribble a basketball.

"She has the best handle on the team."

handle it! (pron. han'le it!)

1. a playful or sarcastic way to tell someone to accept something that he/she is complaining to you about.

"Best thing I can tell you is handle it!"

handle that! (pron. han'le dat!)

1. a demanding way to prod someone into handling or confronting a situation when that person is showing signs of hesitancy.

"Instead of being out here, you need to get in there and handle that!"

handle ya business

1. a way to encourage someone to do something that he/she is showing a sign of hesitancy about doing; a term used to prod. (var. handle yours)

"You don't need me to tell you, handle ya business." "When you gonna handle ya business?"

hang up

1. to commit suicide by hanging oneself.

"Things are never that bad you hafta hang up."

hang up guns

1. to quit [usually used as a vow to stop committing crime].

"I know its time for me to hang up my guns now." "I thought you was hangin' up ya guns."

hang with

1. to spend time socializing and going places with a friend or love one. (var. [to] hangout with [someone])

"I been stop hangin' with them clowns."

happier than a fat lady on a broke scale

1. a witty way to express another's happiness or elation. (var. [She's] happier than a fat cop in a all night doughnut shop)

hard

1. tough; a "street" tough; a thug. (var. [to act] hard)

"You think you so hard." "There's always someone harder than you."

hard

1. crack cocaine.

"The Feds found two ounces of hard in her bag."

hard

1. a way to refer to an erection. (var. [a] hard on)

hard head makes a soft ass/behind

1. a term used to warn someone who won't or doesn't like to listen to advice, warnings, or common sense just before he/she is getting ready to do something he/she should not do.

hard headed

1. someone who won't and doesn't like to listen to advice, warnings, or common sense.

"She's not stupid, she's just hard headed."

hard heads

1. young "street" toughs who won't or don't like to listen to advice, warnings, or common sense.

"Don't invite them hard heads to your party."

hard knock life

1. a life filled with many problems and struggles stemming from the lack of having the financial means to acquire the things one needs to live comfortably.

"Growin' up in a hard knock life is critical."

hard on the boulevard

1. a way to express how tough and dire one's financial situation is [used to emphasize being destitute]. (var. [when its] hard on the yard)

"Yo dawg, I wish I could but things are hard on the boulevard right now."

hard rock

1. a "street" tough; a thug.

"Why ya man thinks he's a hard rock?"

harder than Chinese arithmetic

1. a witty way to describe an erection.

"Man, shortie had me harder than Chinese arithmetic."

has a body

1. one who has caused or being accused of causing the death of another.

"Somebody said he has a body."

has buck in him/her

1. one who demonstrates a tendency to be rebellious.

"Shortie got a lil buck in her." "You ain't got no buck in you."

has five on it

1. someone who has five dollars or more to contribute to a bag of marijuana

has his on house arrest

1. a male who pressures his girlfriend not to go out socially [in an attempt to limit her interaction with others]. (var. [a female who's] on house arrest/home confinement )

"Shortie, I know you tired of that cat havin' you on house arrest."

has it bad

1. one who has a real or imaginary addiction causing him/her to display behavior that is irrational and/or self destructive. (var. [to] have it bad)

"Ya boy started messin' with them drugs and now he's got it bad." "When I was with shortie I had it bad, I didn't want her goin' nowhere."

has no heart

1. one who is cowardly

"I knew you didn't have no heart."

has no hustle

1. one who lacks the ingenuity, drive, and imagination to create ideas to make money [also used to point out one's laziness]. (var. [someone who] has no hustle game , [someone who doesn't] have a hustlin' bone in [his/her] body)

"You ain't never gonna have nothin' cause you don't have no hustle in you."

has that come-back

1. a female whose sex is so satisfying it is guaranteed to make a male come back for more. (var. [a female with] that come -back)

"I'm tellin' you, shortie got that straight come-back, joe."

has the bomb

1. a male term used to describe the pleasantness of sex with a particular female.

"Shortie just look like she got the bomb."

has the bomb head

1. a male term used to describe the pleasantness of receiving oral sex from a particular female.

"That's my word son, I'm tellin' you, Shortie got the bomb head."

has/gives the bomb head

1. a covert way to evaluate a female's ability to perform oral sex as being exceptional/outstanding.

"I bet you shortie got the bomb head."

has the magic stick

1. a male who has the ability to satisfy a woman sexually demonstrating stamina, endurance, and skill in the bed. See also: magic stick

"Shortie not goin' nowhere cause she know I got the magic stick."

hate on

1. to refuse to give recognition or praise to someone who has earned and deserves it because one doesn't like or is jealous of that person; to look for something negative to say about someone who deserves praises, respect, and admiration. (var. [to] hate, [someone who's a] hater) See also: player hater

"You just hatin' on'em cause he blew up." "It don't pay to hate, dawg."

hate with a passion

1. to truly dislike or despise someone. (var. [to] hate [something] with a passion)

"Growin' up, I hated that cat with a passion."

hater aid

1. an imaginary drink people who "hate on" other people drink to make them so openly jealous of others.

"I see you been drinkin' that hater aid again."

haul ass

1. to leave; depart in a hurry; to run.

"I don't know what happened but when she seen you, she hauled ass."

have a big cheese smile on face

1. a witty way to describe one's broad smile or look of elation.

"I open the door, homeboy standin' there with a big cheese smile on his face."

have a complex

1. to have a real or imaginary insecurity [usually that one is very self-conscious about]. (var. [someone who] has a complex)

"I think ya man got a complex." "You not one of them catz who has a complex are you?"

have a thing for

1. to like; to be infatuated with. (var. [to] have a thing for [something]) See also: big on

"I heard your girlfriend got a thing for one of my manz."

have back

1. to offer one's undying support [even if it means putting one's own self in jeopardy].

"Whatever you want to do I got your back."

have beef

1. to have serious problems with someone. See also: beef

"Yo, you got beef with me?" "We got beef?"

have body under pressure

1. to be sexually aroused by one's mere presence, thought, or flirtatious behavior.

"The way you keep my body under pressure isn't good for my relationship."

have comin'

1. to be on the receiving end of something that is owed, promised, mandatory, or yours by matter of right.

"You have that comin' regardless."

have f**ked up in the game

1. new school to be confused about, wrong, or mistaken when it comes to someone's intentions or thoughts.

2. to have an advantage or edge over someone. (var. [to] have [someone] f**ked up in the ball game)

"You got me f**ked up in the game, if you think I'mma apologize." "She got me f**ked up in the game right now."

have handcuffed

1. to have one's mate suffocated in the relationship due to jealousy, insecurity, and a need to control him/her.

"I see how ya man got you handcuffed, that's messed up."

have hate in blood

1. someone who is always quick and ready to express jealous and envious feelings towards someone who deserves praise and admiration. (var. [someone who] has hate in [his/her] blood)

"You just sayin' that cause you have hate in ya blood."

have in his/her feelin's

1. to make someone mad, upset, and/or angry.

"Stop playin' cause as soon as I start, I'mma have you in your feelin's."

have larceny in heart

1. to be unscrupulous in one's actions and character. (var. [someone who] gets larceny in his/her heart )

"You hafta be careful with them catz, they all have larceny in their hearts." "It don't pay to have larceny in ya heart."

have love for

1. to have an affinity for someone or something.

"I'mma aways have love for you homie."

have money comin' out the ass

1. to be extremely wealthy; rich. (var. [to] have major paper)

"Them catz got money comin' out the ass now."

have no love for

1. to dislike someone.

"You know I don't have no love for the other team."

have no rap for

1. to have nothing to say to someone [usually because one has wronged, disrespected, or offended you].

"Yo son, word up, I ain't got no rap for them broads maaan."

have on joke time

1. to look at or perceive someone as being foolish or not serious. (var. [someone who's] on joke time )

"I honestly think y'all have me on joke time around here."

have open

1. to have someone extremely infatuated with/over you [usually because of something special you do]. (var. [to] have [someone] open like 7-11) See also: dig

"Shortie got you open." "I know you tryin' to get me open."

have sh** buckled like belt

1. to have things under your control, influence, or authority.

have that/a monkey on back

1. to have an addiction to some form of hard narcotic.

"Just by the way she look, you can tell she got that monkey on her back."

have the munchies

1. to have a craving for junk or snack food.

"They came to my house two in the mornin' from the club with the munchies."

have the nerve…

1. to have the audacity or gall to say or do something.

"And do you know this creep had the nerve to ask me to pay for dinner."

have the ups on

1. to hold an advantage over someone.

"How'd you let him get the ups on you?"

have twisted

1. to be confused about, wrong, or mistaken when it comes to someone's intention or thoughts. (var. [to] have [someone] confused/mixed up/mixed up with someone else)

"You got me twisted." "I'm the one who got who twisted?"

have it out with

1. to have an argument, fight, or confrontation with someone.

"Sooner or later me and you gonna have it out."

have way

1. to have the ability to do what one wants against his/her opponent. (var. [to] have [one's] way with [someone])

"I be havin' my way when I play ya brother." "I'm about to have my way with this chump."

havin' a baby

1. one who is expressing displeasure loudly and angrily. (var. [to] have a baby/fit [on someone])

"When I told her, she just started havin' a baby."

hawk

1. to watch/observe someone closely. (var. [someone who's a] hawk )

"I can't go anywhere without him hawkin' me."

hay

1. marijuana.

haze

1. marijuana. (var. purple haze)

he ain't no gorilla, he just got the suit on

1. new school a witty way to dismiss someone who's acting or talking tough.

head

1. to go somewhere.

2. to travel in a certain direction. (var. [to be] headed [in a certain direction], [to] head over [somewhere])

"I'm about to head home."

head

1. oral sex.

"She never had head."

head-crack

1. an instant winner [usually used to taunt others that one is gambling against in any game one can win instantly].

"This is where I come up with a head-crack."

head-games

1. the lies, deceptions, and unscrupulous mind games that people play in attempts to take advantage of or manipulate someone.

"Tell ya peoples I ain't in for all the head games." "Don't come at with them head-games."

head out

1. to leave; to depart.

"What time y'all wanna head out?" "We was just about to head out."

head piece

1. a term used to refer a female's ability or inability to perform oral sex. (var. [a female's] head game)

"How's shorties head piece?" "I heard her head game is all that."

head-piece

1. her hair or the particular hairstyle she's wearing. See also: wig piece

"Give ya Shortie some paper to get her head-piece done."

headquarters

1. a name used to refer to someone who has a big head.

"Here comes ya man headquarters." "You think headquarters can hook me up with a friend?"

head up

1. to compete or go up against someone one-on-one without other people interfering. (var. [to] go head up)

"We can go head up in here." Just let me know when you ready to go head up."

heads

1. people; a way to refer to a group of people.

"Madd heads posed to be there." "I didn't realize so many heads was into this."

heads

1. a way to refer to people who smoke and/or are addicted to crack cocaine.

"I seen ya moms hangin' out with some heads from up the block."

heads up

1. a warning shouted to alert people that something is falling or about to fall from somewhere above.

healthy

1. a female with a big butt and large breast.

"…She aiight, but shortie over there, she's healthy."

heart

1. one who is brave and courageous; daring.

"Ya man don't have no heart." "It don't take heart to do that."

heart

1. a beloved friend of loved one.

"You my heart shortie." "Son used to be heart „til he snaked me."

heart pumps koolaid

1. one who is afraid or scared and cowardly. (var. [someone whose] heart pumps Kool Aid all day long)

"Stay here if ya heart pump koolaid."

heat

1. a firearm; gun. See also: iron

"I hope you not bringin' no heat."

heat

1. outstanding; unique; the best of it's kind.

"I can't even front son, that is definitely heat."

heated

1. angry; mad; upset.

"Yo, that sh** had me heated." "You could tell he was heated about that."

heavy

1. someone who is wearing a lot of expensive jewelry.

"They came to the party madd heavy."

Hell if I care

1. a matter of fact way to say "I don't care" or "I could care less".

"You ain't never gotta come back, Hell if I care."

Hell if I know

1. a hip way to say "I don't know" [usually used when one is stumped for an answer]. (var. Damn if I know)

"Hell if I know, I never got that far."

Hell nah!

1. a negative way to respond to something shocking, surprising, or unbelievable. (var. oh, Hell nah)

"Hell nah, I know she didn't tell you that."

hella proper

1. outstanding; unique; the best of its kind.

"That house I'm about to buy my momz is hella proper."

hellava

1. a term used to emphasized ones description or assessment [of something or someone].

"You know youse a hellava dude." "That's one hellava walk you got there."

hella tight

1. extremely close friends. buddies.

"What happened, y'all used to be hella tight?"

Hells Yeah!

1. an enthusiastic way to answer "yes" or "you bet" to a question [usually pertaining to wanting to do something].

"Hells Yeah I want to go with y'all."

help get on his/her feet

1. old & new school to lend someone assistance who is struggling financially until he/she can earn and/or save enough money to become financially independent [usually giving that person money or a place to live]. See also: get on feet

"Can you help me, „til I get on my feet?"

hem up

1. to rob someone.

"They said you got hemmed up for the watch."

hemmed up

1. arrested; caught; to be detained by law enforcement agents.

2. to be delayed.

"Police hemmed my man up for nothin'." "Looks like we gonna be hemmed up for a while."

Henny

1. Hennesy brand of cognac. (var. Henny Rock)

"Shortie drinks a lil Henny every once in a while."

herb (pron. „erb)

1. marijuana.

"Smokin' herb is whack."

herb (pron. her-b)

1. to bully, manipulate, or take advantage of someone using intimidation, deception, or praying on one's weaknesses [often taking advantage of that person's need to feel accepted]; to treat someone like a sucker.

"Ya man got herbed in prison." "Can't you see they tryin' to herb you?"

herb (pron. her-b)

1. one who is easily manipulated, intimidated, and/or taken advantage of because of his/her need to feel accepted.

2. one who is not cool, hip, or trendy.

"Don't tell that herb to come over here." "You know they got that cat on herb status, right?"

Hershey

1. a type of marijuana that tastes and smells like chocolate when smoked.

he say, she say

1. rumors and innuendo that people spread then deny spreading and/or blame someone else for spreading.

"I don't get involved with the he say, she say."

hide heat

1. to carry a concealed firearm. (var. [to] hold heat)

"When you get on a plane now, you won't know who's hidin' heat."

high as a kite

1. a way to describe being intoxicated and/or high from an illegal narcotic.

"She came to the party high as a kite."

high beam

1. to flaunt one's diamond encrusted jewelry in front of others to get attention or to show off. See also: floss on

"I was high beamin' them fools at the club."

high maintenance

1. females with expensive tastes, needs, and wants. (var. high maintenance [chicks, shorties, broads])

"I ain't tryin' to kick it, if you one of them high maintenance chicks."

high-power'd

1. outstanding; unique; the best of its kind.

"The T-connection was high-power'd back in the days."

high roller

1. someone who has and spends large amounts of money freely.

"The high rollers don't get here „til at least two in the mornin'."

highside

1. to act like or pretend to be better than everyone because of one's financial status, position of authority, fame or success. See also: act brand new

"Last time he came through the hood, he was highsidin' the peoples."

high top

1. a haircut that was popular in the 1980's. (var. [a] high top fade)

hikin' it

1. walking. (var. [to] hike it [somewhere])

"Y'all better start hikin' it cause y'all can't ride with me."

hip

1. to inform or reveal information to someone that he/she was not aware of; to bring something to someone's attention. (var. [to] hip [someone] to [something]) See also: put a bug in ear

"Be quiet while I try to hip you to what went down."

Hip-Hop

1. an Urban youth culture which originated in the Bronx N.Y. in 1979-1980 where DJ's would play different records and MC's would rhyme along with and over the beat of the record being played.

Hip-Hop kids

1. people who are a part of, follow, and help create the trends of the Hip-Hop culture.

"You have Hip-Hop kids all over the world now."

hit

1. to give, lend, or share something with someone. (var. [to] hit [someone] off, [to] hit [someone off] with something)

"Once I hit you with this that's the last of it."

hit

1. in trouble or in a bad situation.

2. without money; destitute. See also: dead and stinkin'

"I hate to say it, but ya man hit." "I'm hit right now."

hit

1. the act of having sex. (var. [to] hit, [to] hit that up, [to] hit the skins) See also: bone

"I heard you hit her sister." "She let you hit that yet?" "I was just about to hit."

hit a lick

1. to take, steal, or pilfer something that will bring someone quick cash; to commit robbery. (var. [to] hit a nice lil lick)

"We about to hit this lick, you down?"

hit anything

1. a male who will have sex indiscriminately with any female he can.

hit dead in the face/eye/mouth

1. old & new school the act of hitting someone in the face/eye/mouth with a punch or object that was thrown. (var. [to] hit [someone] dead in [his/her] sh**)

"Do that again, I'mma hit you dead in the mouth."

hit for his/her stash

1. to steal something that someone has hidden or secured for his/her own personal consumption or needs [often referring to money and/or drugs]. (var. [to] hit [someone's] stash)

"You think he know who hit'em for his stash?"

hit from the back

1. a male term for having sex with a female "doggie style" (var. [to] hit it from the back)

"She asked me to hit'er from the back."

hit in the head

1. to lose one's money gambling; to take a lost on a bet.

2. sentence to a long prison term. (var. [to get] banged in the head)

"I been gettin' hit in the head all week."

hit in the head

1. to testify against a friend or family member in a court of law [as a result the friend or family member usually is sent to prison for a long period of time].

"You know he ain't no good, he hit his own cousin in the head."

hit it and quit it

1. to engage in a meaningless sexual liaison or one night stand.

"I know all you wanna do is hit it and quit it." "I told you he was gonna hit it and quit it."

hit like monkey/puppy sh**

1. one who is in extremely bad trouble.

2. a way to emphasize being without money or destitute.

"If I can't explain this, I'm hit like monkey sh**."

hit love/lovely/love love

1. to be extremely generous when giving someone something; to give an abundance of.

"When I hit the bricks Heav hit me love son."

hit off

1. to have sex.

2. to perform oral sex on someone. (var. [to] hit off)

"I would hit you off but you might tell somebody."

hit off

1. to receive something.

"We about to get hit off in a minute." "When the last time you been hit off?"

hit on the head

1. to assess or answer correctly.

"You hit that right on the head."

hit on the hip

1. to beep, text message, or phone someone on their cellular phone or pager.

"Just hit me on the hip when you've made up your mind."

hit on the regular/reg

1. to have sex with a particular female on a regular basis.

"Dawg was hittin' his wife on the regular." "He used to hit that on the reg."

hit raw

1. to have unprotected sex. (var. [to] hit raw, [to] hit [a female] raw dawg )

" I can't believe you hit shortie raw."

hit sideways

1. a male term for having sex with a female lying in a sideways position. (var. [to] hit [a female] from the side)

"Shortie be lovin' it when I hit'er sideways."

hit sideways

1. to do or say something completely unexpected, disrespectful, or uncalled for.

2. to use a poor excuse, explanation, or lie when trying to con or convince another.

"She tried to hit me sideways with some bullsh**."

hit the bricks

1. to be released from jail or prison. (var. [to] hit the streets ) See also: touchdown

"I hit the bricks real soon." "Its all about you and me when I hit the bricks."

hit the hammer

1. the touching of clinched fists to solidify a deal, wager, or arrangement [represents the giving of one's word]. (var. [to] hit the rock)

"Lets hit the hammer before we begin."

hit the highway

1. to travel somewhere one has to use a highway to reach his/her destination; to depart on a long road trip; to leave. (var. [to] hit the highway on [someone])

"Tell dawg we about to hit the highway." "I hit the highway on them chickenheads."

hit the mall

1. to make a trip or visit to a shopping mall.

"The best day to hit the mall is Saturday."

hit the pipe

1. to smoke crack cocaine using a glass pipe. (var. [someone who] hits the pipe )

"Talk to him before he starts hittin' the pipe."

hit the water, it don't hit back

1. a witty way to tell someone to bathe.

hit up

1. to be shot; wounded by gunfire. (var. [to] hit [someone] up)

"How many times did he get hit up?" "Somebody tried to hit'is ass up."

hit up

1. to ask someone for something; to make a request.

"Hit'em up and see what he says."

hit up

1. to contact someone through any means of communication.

"I was just about to hit you up about that thing we talked about earlier."

hit with

1. the attempt to use a line, lie, excuse or explanation convincingly.

hit with a package

1. to give someone a certain amount of illegal drugs to sell retail. (var. [to] hit [someone] off with a package) See also: package)

"I seen when he hit you with that package."

hit with some bullsh**

1. to tell someone something that is a lie, decptive, or a con in attempt to offer an excuse or explanation. (var. [to] hit [someone] with some [ol' / the] bullsh**)

"I couldn't believe shortie tried to hit me with some bullsh**."

hit with the real

1. to be blunt, open, and honest with someone. (var. [to] hit [someone] with the realz/the really real/ the real deal)

"I just hit shortie with the real and told' er I wanted to see other people."

hittin'

1. outstanding; unique; the best of its kind; exemplary.

"That sh** gonna be hittin'."

hittin' switches

1. the act of using the hydraulic system one has installed in his/her automobile to make the car go up and down or tilt sideways.

hold a cipher

1. to create a circular boundary among a group of friends [usually while reciting rhymes, poems, smoking marijuana, or drinking alcohol].

"We thinkin' about holdin' a cipher at 3:00, you down?"

hold card

1. a secret [that usually can destory one's reputation].

"Don't make me expose ya hold card." "I peeped'is hold card a long time ago."

hold court in the streets

1. to have a violent confrontation with law enforcement officials that are trying to arrest and bring one back to prison [usually used as a vow not to be brought back to prison without a fight]. (var. [to] hold court)

hold down

1. to cover for, fill in for, or offer support for someone when needed. (var. [to] hold it down [for someone])

"Go „head and leave I'll hold you down." "Can you hold it down „till I get back."

hold down

1. to secure or retain something. (var. [to] hold [something] down [for someone])

"Hold down a spot for me when you get there."

hold it down

1. a way to tell someone to take care of himself/ herself when departing comapany.

"Y'all hold it down, and I'll call y'all later."

holdin'

1. one who has, has access to, or earns large amounts of money; rich; wealthy.

"People keep sayin' Mike ain't holdin', I got „em still holdin' some paper." "Bullsh** ain't nothin' ya man Russell holdin' for real."

hold nuts

1. to wish someone bad luck or failure.

2. to wish for the opposite of what another is wishing for. (var. [to] hold [one's] nuts on [someone])

"Look at them bammas over there holdin' their nuts."

hold own

1. to sustain the pressure one is under or may be facing.

"Look, I can hold my own, what about you?"

hold own

1. to have the ability to shoulder one's own responsibilities, situations, or challenges. (var. [to] carry [one's] own weight)

"Look here homes, I can hold my own wherever I go." "I been holdin' my own this long, why do I need you?"

hold the tail while I milk this cow

1. a way to respond to someone who is trying to give you instructions on how to do something he/she knows little or nothing about.

2. a way to say, "let me do this".

hold tight

1. a way to tell someone to wait, give you a moment, or be patient.

"Hold tight, they'll be here."

hold up

1. a term used to interrupt or stop someone from saying anything further [usually because one is skeptical/confused].

"Hold up man, what did you mean by that?"

hold water

1. to have the ability to keep a secret. (var. [to] hold [one's] water)

"I doubt if she can hold water."

hold ya head

1. a way to tell someone to calm down, take it easy, or to remain in control of their emotions. (var. [to] hold [one's] head)

"You hafta learn how to hold ya head sometimes."

holdin'

1. someone who is in possession of drugs packaged for retail sale.

"Which one of y'all is holdin'?"

holler (pron. holla)

1. a playful or sarcastic way to cut someone off verbally [usually signaling one is through with talking or listening] while one is leaving the presence of that person [often used dismissively].

2. a way to say "goodbye" or "see you later". (var. I'll holler [at you])

holler (pron. holla) at

1. to talk; to communicate.

2. the act of getting better acquainted. (var. [to] holler)

"I been tryin' to holler at you for a while." "When can I holler at you?" "Tell'er I want to holler." "I heard you holler'd at my boy last night."

holler (pron. holla) at ya boy/girl

1. a witty way to tell a friend or love one to get [back] in contact with you [usually used at the end of a written or verbal communique].

"Next time you in town, holler at ya boy." "Holler at ya girl when you know something."

holler back

1. a hip way to tell someone to contact you at a another time [usually used when departing ways]. (var. holler back youngin' )

"All you hafta do is holler back when you think you ready."

holler if you hear me

1. an enthusiastic way to ask someone to say something if he/she agrees, approves, or can relate to what you are saying.

"We don't kick it with scrubs, holler if you hear me."

holler on

1. to inform on a friend or love one to law enforcement or testify against them in a court of law.

"He's the same dude that holler'd on us."

hollow heads

1. bullets that are hollowed tipped. See also: dumb dumbs

"The hollow heads explode in you."

homeboy

1. a term of endearment among friends; friend.

2. a way to address someone whose name you don't know or don't want to use in front of others. (var. homegirl, homie, homie stromie, hometeam, home slice)

"I wouldn't do that homeboy." "And I thought you was my homeboy.

home grown

1. weak marijuana.

"Don't nobody want none of that home grown."

homes

1. a way to address someone whose name you don't know or whose name you don't want to use [usually used as a way to dismiss someone's importance].

"If homes is goin' I'm not comin'."

homie

1. one's friend.

2. males who are from the same city, state, or neighborhood as you.

"You always gonna be my homie." "I want you to meet ya homies."

homie stromie

1. a term of endearment among friends; friend.

2. a way to address someone whose name you don't know or want to use around others.

"What's happennin' homie stromie?"

honeycomb hide-out

1. the house, apartment, or place where you and your friends frequent and/or gather the most.

"Its time for me to find us a new honeycomb hide-out."

honey dip

1. an attractive and/or sexy looking female.

"That's a nice lil honey dip you got there youngin'."

honey spots

1. places where good looking females congregate.

"I found this down low honey spot."

honeys

1. females; a group of females.

"There was madd honeys there."

hoochie wear/gear

1. clothing that females wear which reveals too much of their cleavage and buttock areas of their body. (var. [a] hoochie outfit)

"You not goin' nowhere with me, with that hoochie gear on."

hoochies

1. females who wear clothes that reveal too much of their body and/or private part for the purpose of getting attention from men.

2. females who are very promiscuous. (var. hoochie mommas) See also: ashy feets

"Who told that hoochie she was invited?"

hood

1. one's neighborhood.

2. a neighborhood in the inner city. (var. the hood)

"We had fun comin' up in my hood."

hood divorce

1. the unofficial separation of a married couple where they are legally married but date other people; a divorce without the paperwork.

"They was hood divorced for two years."

hoodfellas

1. the "street" individuals from one's neighborhood who know how to make money illegally.

hood rat

1. a neighborhood female who sleeps around with many different males from the same neighborhood.

"He don't live around here, so he don't know she's a straight hood rat."

hood rich

1. to have the financial means that allows one to live flamboyantly above the median income range for one's neighborhood [often refusing to move/live anywhere else].

hoody

1. a hooded sweat shirt or sweat jacket [favored by young "street" toughs].

hook off on

1. the act of punching someone when he/she least expects it [usually wanting to be the first to strike].

"She just came in the room and started hookin' off."

hook up

1. to do a favor for someone; to show someone preferential treatment. (var. [to] hook [something] up for [someone], [to] hook [someone] up with [something])

"Thanks for hookin' that up."

hookup

1. to meet or get together with someone [usually refers to a intimate gathering between two people]. (var. [to] hookup with [someone])

"I been tryin' to hookup with you for a long time."

hookup

1. one's personal contact information [address, phone number, etc.]

"Did she leave her hookup before she left?"

hook up with

1. to introduce two people of the opposite sex to each other with the intention of them becoming intimately involved; to play matchmaker.

"I'mma try to hook you up with my cousin."

hooked

1. outstanding; unique; the best of its kind. (var. [something that's] hooked up)

"His new crib is hooked."

hookers

1. a playful way to refer to females [not used in the context of a female literally being a prostitute].

"Find out what them hookers gonna do."

hooptie

1. an old and battered automobile.

"My moms first car was a hooptie."

hop in whip

1. to get into someone's car. (var. [to] hop outta a whip)

"Word up son, shortie hopped right in his whip."

hops

1. a term of endearment among friends; friend.

2. a way to address someone whose name you do not know or do not want to use in front of others.

"You hafta wait in the car hops."

hops

1. one who has the ability to jump extremely high.

"That new kid got madd hops."

horn

1. a telephone. See also: jack

"I need to use your horn."

horse hair

1. synthetic hair used by females to enhance the length of their real hair.

2. a weave.

"Ya Shortie horse hair looks nice on her."

hot

1. outstanding; unique; the best of its kind. (var. [something that's] red hot, burnin' hot)

"That new remix is hot dun."

hot

1. one who is very attractive, sexy, and/or has a very nice body.

"I met this hot lil chick yesterday."

hot

1. one who has cooperated with law enforcement agents in an investigation of a friend or love one or has testified in court against a friend or love one.

"We just found out ya boy is hot."

hot ass

1. a female who is extremely flirtatious and/or promiscuous.

"Go in there and sit your lil hot ass down." "She growin' up to be a hot ass."

hot balls

1. bullets. (var. hot ones)

"You be cryin' if you got hit with one of these hot balls."

hot boys

1. young "street" individuals who make large amounts of money and live the reckless life of "thugs".

"Them broads like messin' with them hot boys, „til a hot boy goes to jail, them broads is gone."

Hotlanata

1. Atlanta, GA.

hot rock

1. a basketball. (var. [a] pill)

"He shot the hot rock at the buzzer and won the championship."

hot to death

1. outstanding; unique; the best of its kind.

"That outfit he wore to the awards was hot to death."

hot to death

1. one who is very attractive and/or sexy.

"I remember when she was lil, now she's hot to death."

hotter than fish grease

1. someone who is being sought after by the police; a wanted criminal; a fugitive.

2. someone who has testified or cooperated with law enforcement agents against a friend or family member.

"You can't come around here, you hotter than fish grease."

hottie

1. someone who is extremely good looking and/or has an extremely nice body.

"There posed to be some real hotties out here tonight."

hound

1. to nag, annoy, and/or aggravate someone.

2. to repeatedly field the same questions at someone.

3. to watch someone extremely close. (var. [someone who's a] hound)

"This cat been houndin' me all night."

house

1. to take someone's possessions by force, intimidation, or through manipulation; to bully someone out of something. (var. [to] house [someone] for his/her sh**, [to] house [someone's] sh**)

"I can't believe you let'em house you."

how you?

1. a hip way to greet someone. 2 a way to say "how are you doing?"

"Peace son, how you?"

how you livin'?

1. a term used to question one's character or actions when you observe him/her doing someone wrong, strange, or questionable.

2. a way to express shock, disbelief, or surprise.

3. a way to inquire about one's well being. (var. is that/ that's how you livin'?)

"How you livin' pa?" "All I wanna know, is that's how you livin'?"

hucklebuck

1. in a losing position; at a very bad disadvantage; a situation very hard to get out of.

"I can't leave now, these chumps got me in hucklebuck and I'm down five hundred."

huff

1. marijuana that doesn't get a person high.

"Make sure you don't bring back none of that huff."

humongus

1. extremely big [usually used to describe a female's butt].

"Shortie butt is humongus."

humpbacks

1. cigarettes.

"I quit smokin' them humpbacks years ago."

hump day

1. Wedensday; the middle of the week.

hungry

1. in desparate need of or want for something [usually money, success, or fame].

"When catz get hungry, that's when the larceny starts comin' out."

hun'ned

1. one hundred.

2. numerations of hundreds. (var. hun'neds)

"He had to do a hun'ned pushups." "You still owe me a couple hun'ned."

hurt

1. without money; destitute. (var. [someone who's] hurtin')

"Yo, them catz hurtin' since you been away."

hurt heart

1. to do something to someone that causes that person heartache, grief, pain, sorrow, emotional turmoil. (var. [something that] hurts [someone] to [his/her] heart, [someone who] hurts [someone] to [his/her] heart)

"She hurt my heart when she told me that." "Seein' you like this, hurts me to my heart."

hurtin' for nothin'

1. to have everyt hing one can possibly need or want; to have the financial ability to live comfortable.

"I don't need your sh** I ain't hurtin' for nothin'." "I don't ask cause I'm not hurtin' for nothin'."

hurts you to your heart

1. someone who causes you extreme emotional anguish or pain. (var. [something that] hurts you to your heart )

"She hurt me to my heart when she told me the truth about dude."

hustle

1. to make money using one's ingenuity [usually acts or means that aren't necessarily legal].

"I been out here hustlin' all day." "I need you to help me work this hustle."

hustle

1. the way one makes and/or earns his/her money legally or illegally. (var. [a] hustle])

"I'm not about to let you come in here and mess up my hustle." "You gonna hafta find your own hustle."

hustle

1. the act of conning someone.

"You know better than try to hustle me." "That's all part of the hustle." "Your hustle is weak."

hustle backwards

1. to have no tangible results from one's illegal activity because one squanders his/her ill gotten gains. (var. [someone who's] hustlin' backwards)

"If you don't have nothin' to show for your time in the game, you hustlin' backwards."

hustlers

1. people who con other people for money or things of value.

2. drug dealers; people who earn large amounts of money through illegal activities.

hustlers ends

1. large amounts of money.

"She wanted a cat with hustlers ends."

hydro

1. bright green marijuana grown under water; good marijuana. (var. „dro)

hydro flow

1. one's unique and/or superior way of talking, rhyming, and/or charming someone of the opposite sex.

"Once I hit her with this hydro flow, she was on me."

hype

1. a cigarette or marijuana joint/"blunt" laced with crack cocaine.

"She smoked one hype and was hooked." I