Topic: MOTOR VEHICLES
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Sense: 1-4
| Origin: | Old English hod |
| Date: | 1900-2000 |
| Origin: | neighbourhood |
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | hoodlum |
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hood
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[countable]1
a) a part of a coat, jacket etc that you can pull up to cover your head :
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.
He was abducted by four men wearing hoods.2 American EnglishTTC the metal covering over the engine on a car [= bonnet British English]
3 a cover fitted above a cooker to remove the smell of cooking [↪ extractor (fan)]
4 British EnglishTTCDHB 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
