hood [hoodhoodshoodedhooding] BrE [hʊd] NAmE [hʊd] noun 1. a part of a coat, etc. that you can pull up to cover the back and top of your head •a jacket with a detachable hood 2. a piece of cloth put over sb's face and head so that they cannot be recognized or so that they cannot see 3. a piece of coloured silk or fur worn over an academic ↑gown to show the kind of degree held by the person wearing it 4. (especially BrE)a folding cover over a car, etc •We drove all the way with the hood down. 5. (NAmE) (BrE bon·net)the metal part over the front of a vehicle, usually covering the engine 6. a cover placed over a device or machine, for example, to protect it •a lens hood •an extractor hood (= one that removes cooking smells from a kitchen) 7. (slang, especially NAmE) = ↑hoodlum (1) 8. (also 'hood) (slang, especially NAmE)a neighbourhood, especially a person's own ↑neighbourhood See also: ↑bonnet
Word Origin: senses 1 to 6 Old English hōd West Germanic Dutch hoed German Hut ‘hat’ ↑hatsense 7 1930s ↑hoodlumsense 8 1970s ↑neighbourhood
Example Bank: •He was wearing a blue anorak with the hood up. •She put up her hood when it started to rain. •The sound of a bird hitting the hood of the car •The victim was sitting tied to a chair with a black hood over her head. •You can always put your hood up if it rains.
