hoodie
A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the frontA sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
» Three men in hoodies mugged Tom.
Meaning
4 sensesA sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.
Kapuzenpullover, Kapuzenpulli, Hoodie
ху́диxúdi, толсто́вка, балахо́н
(UK, derogatory, often, slang)A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.
Kapuzenträger
(slang)A foreskin.
The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
Examples
58 sentencesThree men in hoodies mugged Tom.
Tom was wearing a gray hoodie.
Tom is wearing a gray hoodie.
Three men wearing hoodies mugged Tom.
Three men wearing hoodies attacked me.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by senFrom hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.
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