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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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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as in thugs
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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as in cloaks
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
Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
The thieves were wearing construction worker uniforms and hoods over their heads, said an investigator from the Banditry Repression Brigade, a special police unit of the French Ministry of the Interior that investigates robberies and art theft.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The wind and the rain and the churn of the engine, the hats and the hoods, all worked together to keep them from hearing anything.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Change or clean the filter if the hood doesn’t efficiently clear smoke from the room, even on the highest setting.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
The thieves were wearing construction worker uniforms and hoods over their heads, said an investigator from the Banditry Repression Brigade, a special police unit of the French Ministry of the Interior that investigates robberies and art theft.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
By the mid-50s, Chrysler beefed up the 331 cubic inch engines into 392 cubic inch V-8s, stuffing them beneath the hoods of New Yorkers and Imperials.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The wind and the rain and the churn of the engine, the hats and the hoods, all worked together to keep them from hearing anything.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Hood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hood. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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