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hood¹
- /hʊd/ Australia, US, UK
- [hʊ̈d] US
- [hɪ̈d] US
- /hɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
- /hʉd/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -ʊd
Where it comes from
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.
noun hoods
- A head covering placed on falcons to inhibit their vision.
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A head and neck covering placed on horses to protect against insects and sunlight, to slow coat growth and for warmth.
Similar: blinder
- A distinctively colored fold of material, representing a university degree.
- An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
- A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
- The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle, known as a bonnet in other countries.
- A cover over the engine, driving machinery or inner workings of something. Like many captains, I was just as glad to leave engineering to the engineers. Looking under the ship's hood wasn't what interested me.
- A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
- One of the endmost planks (or, one of the ends of the planks) in a ship’s bottom at bow or stern, that fits into the rabbet. (These, when fit into the rabbet, resemble a hood (covering).) Care must also be taken to place the tenons on the main post so that a stop-water can be driven between it and the fore tenon and the rabbet of the hoods at the keel. The post being dressed to its proper dimensions, the tenons cut, and their ...
- An expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and Indian cobra (Naja naja).
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The osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii.
Platysma myoides […] which sends attenuated fibres and slips to the gular region of the hood and is lost dorsad in the fascia covering the trapezius but acquires thickness over the sternum and cervix. Thyromandibularis […] Two distinct muscles may bear this name, an externus and an internus. The lat
Similar: frill
- In the human hand, over the extensor digitorum, an expansion of the extensor tendon over the metacarpophalangeal joint (the extensor hood syn. dorsal hood syn. lateral hood)
- The prepuce; the foreskin or clitoral hood.
verb hoods · hooding · hooded
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To cover (something) with a hood.
Opposite: unhood
- To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood.
- To grow over the eyelid but not the eye itself.
hood²
- /hʊd/ Australia, US, UK
- [hʊ̈d] US
- [hɪ̈d] US
- /hɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
- /hʉd/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -ʊd
Where it comes from
Clipping of hoodlum.
noun hoods
- Gangster, thug. Teen-age hoods steal cars in cities, take them into the pines, strip them, ignite them, and leave the scene.
hood³
- /hʊd/ Australia, US, UK
- [hʊ̈d] US
- [hɪ̈d] US
- /hɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
- /hʉd/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -ʊd
Where it comes from
Clipping of neighborhood; compare nabe.
adjective 'hood
- Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
noun hoods · 'hood
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A neighborhood.
What’s goin’ down in the hood?
Similar: ghetto, nabe, neighborhood
- Any poor suburb or neighbourhood.
hood⁴
- /hʊd/ Australia, US, UK
- [hʊ̈d] US
- [hɪ̈d] US
- /hɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
- /hʉd/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -ʊd
Where it comes from
Clipping of hoodie, influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.
noun hoods
- Person wearing a hoodie.
Hood⁵
- /hʊd/
Where it comes from
* 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.
proper noun Hoods
- 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.
- A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Virginia, United States.
- Ellipsis of Hood County
- Ellipsis of Hood River
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cowl, bonnet, cowling, punk, thug, hoodlum, goon, tough, toughie, cap, hat, hoodie, mask, visor, cover, lid
Translations
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noun covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak
| Español | capirote, capucha, pasamontaña, pasamontañas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 후드 hudeu, 후드티 hudeuti, 두건 dugeon |
| 日本語 | フード fūdo, 頭巾 zukin |
| 中文 | 風帽 /风帽 fēngmào |
| हिन्दी | हुड huḍ |
| Português | capuz |
| Français | capuche, capuchon |
| Deutsch | Kapuze |
| Italiano | cappuccio |
| Ελληνικά | κουκούλα koukoúla |
| Română | glugă |
| Русский | капюшо́н kapjušón, башлы́к bašlýk, капо́т kapót |
| العربية | قَلَنْسُوَة qalansuwa |
| עברית | בַּרְדָּס bardás, קַפּוּצ׳וֹן kapushón |
noun distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree
| Español | birrete |
|---|
noun enclosure that protects something, especially from above
| Deutsch | Haube, Kappe, Schutzdach |
|---|---|
| Italiano | cupola, cappa, schermo |
| Ελληνικά | κάλυμμα kálymma |
noun soft top of a convertible car or carriage
| Español | capota |
|---|---|
| Português | capota |
| Français | capote |
| Deutsch | Verdeck |
| Italiano | cappotta, soffietto |
| Ελληνικά | κουκούλα koukoúla |
| Русский | откидно́й верх otkidnój verx |
noun hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle, known as a bonnet in other countries; ''(by extension)'' cover over the engine, driving machinery or inner work
| Español | capó, capirote, cofre, capota, capot, hood |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 후드 hudeu, 보닛 bonit |
| 日本語 | フード fūdo, ボンネット bonnetto |
| 中文 | 引擎蓋 /引擎盖 yǐnqínggài |
| Português | capô, capota |
| Français | capot |
| Deutsch | Motorhaube, Haube |
| Italiano | cofano |
| Ελληνικά | καπό kapó |
| Русский | капо́т kapót |
| Tiếng Việt | ca pô |
| العربية | غِطَاء اَلْمُحَرِّك ḡiṭāʔ al-muḥarrik |
noun metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes
| Español | campana |
|---|---|
| Português | coifa, exaustor |
| Français | hotte |
| Deutsch | Abzug, Abzugshaube |
| Italiano | cappa |
| Русский | вы́тяжка výtjažka |
noun expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra and Indian cobra
| Deutsch | Nackenschild |
|---|
noun osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii
| Deutsch | Nackenschild |
|---|
verb cover with a hood
| Español | encapuchar |
|---|---|
| Français | encapuchonner |
| Deutsch | abdecken, bedecken, überdecken |
| Italiano | incappucciare, nascondere |
| Ελληνικά | σκεπάζω skepázo, κουκουλώνω koukoulóno |
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title = {hood},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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