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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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 hoods
Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
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
Both of them wore their stocking caps pulled down beneath the hoods of their anoraks.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
In the first minutes, after the group of influencers, athletes, models, podcasters and actors are driven into the the desert in Morocco, their military manhandlers storm the bus and put black hoods over the heads, marching them into the unknown.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
From the kinds of cabinets that are no longer in style, to various appliance types, range hoods and more, the professionals will guide you as to what can stay and what kitchen features should be left in 2010.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2025
Ventless hoods don't have ductwork and include a charcoal filter for trapping smoke and odors so that air can be recirculated.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
The new Celica is reportedly in part inspired by the Alpine A110, and will have a carbon fiber roof and front and rear hoods.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
This lens also has the ability to accept screw-in filters, with two lens hoods coming included to allow for either.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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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, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
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
Both of them wore their stocking caps pulled down beneath the hoods of their anoraks.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
In the first minutes, after the group of influencers, athletes, models, podcasters and actors are driven into the the desert in Morocco, their military manhandlers storm the bus and put black hoods over the heads, marching them into the unknown.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
From the kinds of cabinets that are no longer in style, to various appliance types, range hoods and more, the professionals will guide you as to what can stay and what kitchen features should be left in 2010.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2025
Ventless hoods don't have ductwork and include a charcoal filter for trapping smoke and odors so that air can be recirculated.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
The new Celica is reportedly in part inspired by the Alpine A110, and will have a carbon fiber roof and front and rear hoods.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
This lens also has the ability to accept screw-in filters, with two lens hoods coming included to allow for either.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Hoods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoods. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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