hood
hood
- n an aggressive and violent young criminal
- n a protective covering that is part of a plant
- n (slang) a neighborhood
- n a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
- n (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
- n metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
- n the folding roof of a carriage
- n a headdress that protects the head and face
- n protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars - n (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
- v cover with a hood
The bandits were hooded
- The investigators wrote that the officer said that "normally at the end of a mission he would throw used hoods out .
- The investigators wrote that the officer said that normally at the end of a mission he would throw used hood(s) out .
- Great Britain's bumbling auto industry was so slow getting out of the garage that the House of Commons took a look under the hood.