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hood

noun

  1. hoodlum
L1410804 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. neighbourhood or community, particularly in inner city areas
L1410806 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. gang; brotherhood
L1410807 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

  1. belonging to, or relating to an inner-city neighbourhood
  2. faithful or in tune with the culture of an inner-city neighbourhood
L1410808 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. type of headgear
  2. hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles
  3. mask used to cover a hunting bird's eyes when not in flight
L16931 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to cover with a hood
L331929 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /hʊd/ / [hʊ̈d] / [hɪ̈d]

adj

Etymology: Clipping of neighborhood; compare nabe.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. A placename:
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noun

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

  1. 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.

  1. To cover (something) with a hood.
  2. To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood.
  3. To grow over the eyelid but not the eye itself.