hood
noun
[ hʊd ]
• a covering for the head and neck with an opening for the face, typically forming part of a coat or cloak.
• "a jacket with a detachable hood"
• a thing resembling a hood in shape or use.
hood
verb
• put a hood on or over.
• "she was forced into a car, hooded, and taken to a cell"
Origin:
Old English hōd, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoed, German Hut ‘hat’, also to hat.
hood
noun
• a gangster or similar violent criminal.
• "I been beaten up by hoods"
Origin:
1930s: abbreviation of hoodlum.
hood
noun
• a neighbourhood, especially one in an urban area.
• "I've lived in the hood for 15 years"
Origin:
1970s: shortening of neighbourhood.
-hood
suffix
• forming nouns denoting a condition or quality.
• "falsehood"
• forming nouns denoting a collection or group.
• "brotherhood"
Origin:
Old English -hād, originally an independent noun meaning ‘person, condition, quality’.
