What does hood mean?
Hood means A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak..
Hood
/hʊd/ · noun
Meaning
A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak..
Definitions by Sense
- A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
- A distinctively colored fold of material, representing a university degree.
- An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
- Particular parts of conveyances
- Various body parts
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a hood.
- (transitive) To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood.
- (intransitive, of skin and soft tissue) To grow over the eyelid but not the eye itself.
Example Sentences
Teen-age hoods steal cars in cities, take them into the pines, strip them, ignite them, and leave the scene.
What’s goin’ down in the hood?
Neighborhoods are now hoods cause nobody's neighbors / Just animals surviving with that animal behavior
Synonyms for hood
Antonyms for hood
Related Words
Word Forms
- hoods
- hooding
- hooded
- 'hood
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for hood?
Common synonyms include ghetto, nabe, neighborhood, shithole.
What is the opposite of hood?
Possible antonyms include unhood.
How do you use hood in a sentence?
Teen-age hoods steal cars in cities, take them into the pines, strip them, ignite them, and leave the scene.
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