What does hoodful mean?
Hoodful means (rare) Enough to fill a hood..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) Enough to fill a hood..
I cautiously raised the hood, freed a hoodful of smoke-steam, but there was no flame. As the smoke blew away I leaned over the radiator. I didn't expect to see anything that made sense to me; I don't know a distributor from a water pump.
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Hoodful means (rare) Enough to fill a hood..
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I cautiously raised the hood, freed a hoodful of smoke-steam, but there was no flame. As the smoke blew away I leaned over the radiator. I didn't expect to see anything that made sense to me; I don't know a distributor from a water pump.
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