hoodie
Americannoun
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Informal. Also hoody a hooded sweatshirt, sweater, or jacket.
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Also called hoodie crow. Scot. the hooded crow.
noun
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a hooded sweatshirt
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a young person who wears a hooded sweatshirt, regarded by some as a potential hooligan
Etymology
Origin of hoodie
1780–90 hoodie for def. 2; hood 1 + -ie
Example Sentences
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A man in a hoodie and mask, who authorities said was Bradbury, walks into a kitchen with an aerosol can, allegedly a poison for bugs, and sprays everything in sight.
From Los Angeles Times
Pupils now wear leggings or jogging bottoms, a t-shirt and a hoodie, with black trainers.
From BBC
Wearing a grey hoodie sweatshirt with 'Fear' written upside down Malinin symbolically swotted away comments which represented the negative impact of social media.
From Barron's
The head and raised arms of a doll stick out of the left side of the hoodie’s kangaroo pocket.
In the era of “peak cozy,” with its devotion to lap blankets, hoodies and fleece-lined everything, no one could fail to understand Punch’s attachment to his comfort object.
From Los Angeles Times
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