noun Street Slang

trap house

· noun · atlanta

A house used as a base for selling drugs.

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Definitions

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A house — usually rented, abandoned or grandma-owned — used as the operating base for selling drugs. Specifically Atlanta crack-era terminology that the trap rap genre is literally named after.

“Whole album sounds like it was recorded in a trap house at 4am.”
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Loosely, any grimy hangout that vibes like one — messy apartment, weed smoke, randoms coming in and out. Used jokingly far outside the actual context.

“Bro your dorm is a trap house, clean up.”
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trap house In A Sentence

Whole album sounds like it was recorded in a trap house at 4am.
Bro your dorm is a trap house, clean up.

Origin & Usage

Atlanta, late 1990s / early 2000s. Cemented in the lexicon by Gucci Mane's 'Trap House' (2005) and T.I.'s 'Trap Muzik' (2003).

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