hood

See also: Hood, -hood, and 'hood

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hʊd/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊd

Etymology 1

From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz (cognate with Saterland Frisian Houd, West Frisian/Dutch hoed, German Low German Hood, German Hut), from Sarmato-Scythian *xauda (“hat”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬛𐬂𐬑‎ (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (xaudā)), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). More at hat.

Noun

hood (plural hoods)

  1. A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
  2. A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
  3. An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
  4. (automotive) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
  5. (US, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle: known as a bonnet in other countries.
  6. A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
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Verb

hood (third-person singular simple present hoods, present participle hooding, simple past and past participle hooded)

  1. To cover something with a hood.
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Etymology 2

Clipping of hoodlum.

Noun

hood (plural hoods)

  1. (slang) gangster, thug.
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Etymology 3

Clipping of neighborhood; compare nabe.

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Adjective

hood (not comparable)

  1. Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
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Noun

hood (plural hoods)

  1. (slang) neighborhood.
    What’s goin’ down in the hood?
Usage notes

Particularly used for poor US inner-city black neighborhoods. Also used more generally, as a casual neutral term for “neighborhood”, but marked by strong associations.

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Etymology 4

Clipping of hoodie, influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.

Noun

hood (plural hoods)

  1. (Britain) person wearing a hoodie.

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Manx

Pronoun

hood (emphatic form hoods)

  1. (informal) 2nd person singular of hug
    to you

Middle English

Noun

hood (plural hoods)

  1. hood (part of a garment)

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hâved.

Noun

hood n (plural hööd)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) head
    at hood sködle
    to shake one's head
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