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hood

1  [hood]
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–noun
1. a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, or the like.
2. something resembling or suggesting such a covering, esp. in shape, as certain petals or sepals.
3. the hinged, movable part of an automobile body covering the engine.
4. British. the roof of a carriage.
5. a metal cover or canopy for a stove, ventilator, etc.
6. Falconry. a cover for the entire head of a hawk, used when the bird is not in pursuit of game.
7. an ornamental ruffle or fold on the back of the shoulders of an academic gown, jurist's robe, etc.
8. a crest or band of color on the head of certain birds and animals.
–verb (used with object)
9. to furnish with a hood.
10. to cover with or as if with a hood.
Origin:
bef. 900; 1925–30, Americanism for def. 3; ME hode, OE hōd; c. OFris hōde, D hoed, G Hut hat

Related forms:
hoodless, adjective
hoodlike, adjective
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Slang Dictionary
hood

  1. n.
    a hoodlum. : A couple of hoods hassled us on the street.
  2. n.
    the neighborhood; the ghetto; any neighborhood. : Back in the hood, Bob's considered an important guy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hood  (2)
"gangster," 1930, Amer.Eng., shortened form of hoodlum. As a shortened form of neighborhood it began 1980s in Los Angeles black slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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