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hoodie

noun

  1. a hooded sweatshirt, jacket, or sweater
  2. a European crow, Corvus corone cornix
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhʊdi/ / /ˈhɵdɪj/ / /ˈhʉde/

noun

Etymology: From hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.

  1. A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

    You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.

  2. A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.

    David Cameron will completely re-engineer the Conservatives' image on crime this week with a remarkable speech calling for more understanding of 'hoodies' and criticising what he calls short-term solutions to curb youth crime such as anti-social behaviour orders and curfews.

    En route, we dropped by the home of Lips — one of the very few gang members who still lived with his mother — to pick up some clothes for Tuggy. There, we discussed which pair of trainers to bring him — no small decision, as the soul of the hoodie resides in his trainers.

  3. A foreskin.
  4. The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
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