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noun (1)

plural of hood
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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noun (2)

plural of hood
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 hoods
Noun
Water rose over the hoods of vehicles parked near the river at the Comfort RV Resort. — Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026 Water rose over the hoods of vehicles parked near the river at the Comfort RV Resort, which has about 200 residents. — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 At least a hundred people witnessed the caning, carried out by a group of people wearing robes and hoods on a stage in Bustanussalatin City Park in Banda Aceh. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 That’s when Champion made thick cotton tops with hoods to help keep butchers warm in meat lockers and construction crews insulated during periods of cold outdoor labor. — Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026 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, 1 July 2026 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, 24 June 2026 Federal regulators don’t collect much data about the heights of vehicles’ hoods. — New York Times, 21 June 2026 Police said dozens of people climbed onto a row of school buses parked in Times Square after shuttling fans to the World Cup in New Jersey, then ripped off hoods and smashed windshields before igniting one of the buses. — Christina Fan, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoods
  1. thugs
  2. cloaks
  3. gangsters
  4. shrouds
  5. criminals
  6. veils
  7. villains
  8. blankets
Noun
  • Threatening to limit mail-in voting, adding ridiculous ID requirements, or staging thugs at polling places are other possible ways to convince you to stay home.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2026
  • To be sure, the thugs of Hamas and Hezbollah committed a horrific massacre of young Jewish civilians enjoying a music festival on October 7, 2023.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
Definition of thugs
Noun
  • Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 14 June 2026
  • The housekeepers greet me with genuine care, the bartenders create cocktails with panache and smiles, and the doormen and women jauntily pose for pictures in their thick Batman-style winter cloaks.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of cloaks
Noun
  • In each, the protagonist(s) will be sought by both police and gangsters yet will lose their own money and have to get along without any while on the run.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • In Gosha’s case, that involves getting mixed up with gangsters at a seedy nightclub, a sequence that quickly deteriorates from being mildly comical to sinister to outright terrifying by even degrees.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Definition of gangsters
Noun
  • Understanding this dual existence could be key to solving the origins of dust shrouds in interacting supernovas.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 July 2026
  • In the hospital’s courtyard, relatives wept over the bodies covered in white burial shrouds.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
Definition of shrouds
Noun
  • California has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but state lawmakers are concerned that a new technology is allowing criminals to obtain firearms by building them from scratch.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • This lengthy process was typical of ICE’s previous procedures to track down criminals, Sandweg said, which may have shifted under the demands of this administration’s daily arrest goals.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of criminals
Noun
  • With diagnostic precision, shifting baseline syndrome puts a name on something that most of us have experienced—the ways in which the fog of forgetting veils experience.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • The veils of the universe have thinned.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
Definition of veils
Noun
  • The New Zealander drew international acclaim for roles as gruff loners and unhinged villains.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 13 July 2026
  • Neill played dashing heroes, sinister villains (see The Piano), authority figures, famous figures, and father figures.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2026
Definition of villains
Noun
  • Air Canada, for example, offers complimentary pillows and blankets on many of its international flights, though other airlines may provide them in limited quantities or only upon request.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026
  • In some, writers huddle under blankets in chairs watching playbacks of action sequences.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
Definition of blankets

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