Definition of Hood

Noun: hood  hûd

1. A headdress that protects the head and face
    
2. An aggressive and violent young criminal
   - hoodlum, goon, punk [N. Amer], thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer
    
3. [N. Amer] The hinged metal cover of a vehicle's engine
   "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars";
   - bonnet, cowl, cowling
    
4. (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
    
5. A tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
   - lens hood
    
6. The folding roof of a carriage
    
7. Metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
   - exhaust hood
    
8. (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
    
9. (slang) a neighbourhood
    
10. A protective covering that is part of a plant
    - cap

Verb: hood  hûd

1. Cover with a hood
   "The bandits were hooded"

Noun: 'hood

1. (slang) a neighbourhood

Noun suffix: -hood  hûd

1. A group which are similar in some respect
    
2. State or condition
   - -dom, -ness, -ship

See also:
hoochies
hooded

Anagrams containing the word hood

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