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noun (1)

ˈhu̇d How to pronounce hood (audio)
Definition of hoodnext
as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang when a gang of hoods started hanging out in front of the store, customers went elsewhere

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noun (2)

ˈhu̇d How to pronounce hood (audio)
as in cloak
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth counterfeiters conducting their affairs under a hood of secrecy

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Recent Examples of hood
Noun
Fans felt like the lighting on the skirt creates a white triangle shape that resembles a KKK hood, while the shoes appeared to look like two dangling legs. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Choose from a range of cute animals on the hood, including a unicorn, dragon and duck, to make for wildly adorable photos. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Apple didn't change the design of the Apple Watch Ultra 4, but what’s under the hood is a whole different story. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 Pinto Ron's team also cooks right on the hood of the most famous Pinto in Buffalo. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hood
  1. thug
  2. cloak
  3. bandit
  4. veil
  5. gangster
  6. shroud
  7. villain
  8. blanket
Noun
  • That a Christian man was responsible for the devastation in Oklahoma City certainly didn’t matter to the thugs who terrorized a Muslim woman there, nearly seven months pregnant, by attacking her home, breaking her windows, screaming religious slurs.
    — Reshma Memon Yaqub, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • On a cold night in November 2011, in a field outside Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, a gang of thugs stormed a Soviet scientific research institute, beat and humiliated the staff and burned the place to the ground.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of thug
Noun
  • Atari wore elephant-print pants and a purple wizard’s cloak, and kept handy a face mask emblazoned with the words what if love wins?
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Saturday audiences pick which player takes on the cloak, and that choice sets which of the five scripts plays out.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of cloak
Noun
  • When a wealthy, royal woman is attacked by bandits, the two men save her and are welcomed to the castle as valiant knights.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Elsewhere, a gang of highway bandits cons an unsuspecting family into stopping by the roadside, only to violently kill them, burn their bodies, and strip their car for parts.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of bandit
Noun
  • The last time the country buried a king, in 1991, Queen Sonja and her daughter Märtha Louise wore long, black veils.
    — Filippo Iarocci, Vanity Fair, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Iran’s relationship with the veil is also more complicated than the Islamic Republic has ever acknowledged.
    — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of veil
Noun
  • Though Pachinko featured more angels than demons, Lee still convincingly inhabited Koh Hansu, the gangster and groomer.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Born Again followed Fisk who goes from being a gangster to a NYC autocrat mayor.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of gangster
Noun
  • Swappable kiltie lace shrouds offer the choice of the same three flavors, as does an assortment of laces that adds a chocolate chip-like pattern as a forth option.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Scaffolding was being taken down Tuesday after workers over Labor Day weekend removed a shroud that had obscured the work.
    — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of shroud
Noun
  • Her bulging eyes, her piercing shrieks, her casual yet immaculately articulate cruelty all come together to form a cartoonish villain who’s also a commanding delight.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The implicit villain in that critique was Senator Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who refused to go along with changing the Senate rules, dooming many of Biden’s legislative ambitions.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of villain
Noun
  • The couple also featured a strip of sonogram images on the picnic blanket.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • There is no blanket federal law requiring US airlines to provide meals or hotel rooms whenever a flight is delayed or canceled.
    — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of blanket

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