'hood

'hood

 (ho͝od)

n. Slang

Variant of hood³.

'hood

(hʊd)

n

slang chiefly US short for neighbourhood

hood¹

(hʊd)

n., v. hood•ed, hood•ing. n.

1. a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, etc.

2. something resembling this, esp. in shape, as certain petals or sepals.

3. the hinged movable part of an automobile body covering the engine.

4. a metal canopy for a stove, ventilator, etc.

5. a cover for the entire head of a falcon, used when the bird is not pursuing game.

6. an ornamental ruffle or fold on the back of the shoulders of an academic gown, jurist's robe, etc.

7. a hoodlike crest, band of color or fold of skin on the head of certain birds and animals.

v.t.

8. to furnish with a hood.

9. to cover with or as if with a hood.

[before 900; Middle English hode, Old English hōd, c. Old Frisian hōd, Middle Dutch hoet, Old High German huot]

hood²

(hʊd, hud)

n. Slang.

a hoodlum.

[1925–30; by shortening]

'hood

(hʊd)
n. Slang.

a neighborhood, esp. one in the inner city (usu. prec. by the).

[1965–70; by shortening]

Hood

(hʊd)

n.

1. John Bell, 1831–79, Confederate general.

2. Raymond Mathewson, 1881–1934, U.S. architect.

3. Robin, Robin Hood.

4. Thomas, 1799–1845, English poet and humorist.

5. Mount, a volcanic peak in N Oregon, in the Cascade Range. 11,253 ft. (3430 m).

-hood

a noun suffix denoting condition, character, etc., or a body of persons of a particular character or class: childhood; priesthood.

[Middle English -hode, -hod, Old English -hād, as independent n.: condition, quality, rank; c. Old Saxon hēd, Old High German heit state, Old Norse heithr honor, Gothic haidus manner]

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'hood - (slang) a neighborhood     jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity - a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"