hood
[noun]
Synonyms: thug, gorilla, hoodlum, hooligan, ruffian, strong arm

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-hood /hʊd/ suffix [in nouns]
[Language: Old English; Origin: -had]

1. used to refer to a period of time or a state:
during his childhood (=when he was a child)
parenthood (=the state of being a parent)

2. the people who belong to a particular group:
the priesthood (=all the people who are priests)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

Hood, Robin
⇒ see Robin Hood

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

hood /hʊd/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1-4: Language: Old English; Origin: hod]
[Sense 5: Date: 1900-2000; Origin: neighbourhood]
[Sense 6: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: hoodlum]

1.
a) a part of a coat, jacket etc that you can pull up to cover your head:
Why don’t you put your hood up if you’re cold?
b) a cloth bag that goes over someone’s face and head so that they cannot be recognized or cannot see ⇒ balaclava:
He was abducted by four men wearing hoods.

2. American English the metal covering over the engine on a car Synonym : bonnet British English
under the hood
Check under the hood and see what that noise is.

3. a cover fitted above a cooker to remove the smell of cooking ⇒ extractor (fan)

4. British English a folding cover on a car or pram, which gives protection from the rain

5. (also 'hood) American English informal a neighbourhood

6. American English informal a hoodlum

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

hood
noun
VERB + HOOD pull back, pull off, pull up, put up He walked into the room and pulled off his hood. She put up her hood when it started to rain.
PHRASES with the hood down/up He was wearing a blue anorak with the hood up.
 ⇒ Special page at CLOTHES

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