hood
noun
- hoodlum
noun
- neighbourhood or community, particularly in inner city areas
noun
- gang; brotherhood
adjective
- belonging to, or relating to an inner-city neighbourhood
- faithful or in tune with the culture of an inner-city neighbourhood
noun
- type of headgear
- hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles
- mask used to cover a hunting bird's eyes when not in flight
verb
- to cover with a hood
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /hʊd/ / [hʊ̈d] / [hɪ̈d]
adj
Etymology: Clipping of neighborhood; compare nabe.
- Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
name
Etymology: * As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun hood. * Also as an English surname, from the Middle English name Hode, a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-, see Ott, Oates, and also compare Hodson. * Also as an English and Scottish surname, variant of Hudd. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó hUid (“descendant of Ud”). Compare Mahood. * As a French surname, Americanized from Houde.
- A surname.
“Last month, Fort Hood in Texas, another major military installation, was redesignated Fort Cavazos, in honor of Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars who became the first Hispanic person to wear four stars on his uniform.”
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noun
Etymology: Clipping of hoodie, influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.
- Person wearing a hoodie.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian and Dutch hoed (“hat”), Cimbrian huat, huut (“hat”), German Hut (“hat”), German Low German Hood (“hat; hood”), Luxembourgish Hutt (“hat”); also Proto-Iranian *xawdaH (“hat”) (Avestan 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀 (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (x-u-d /xaudā/)). More at hat.
- To cover (something) with a hood.
- To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood.
- To grow over the eyelid but not the eye itself.