hoodie

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈhʊdi/
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/ˈhʊdi/ · [ˈhʊdɪi̯]

Definition of hoodie

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
    “You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.”
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noun

  1. A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
    “You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.”
  2. (British, derogatory, often, slang)A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.
    “David Cameron will completely re-engineer the Conservatives' image on crime this week with a remarkable speech calling for more understanding of 'hoodies' and criticising what he calls short-term solutions to curb youth crime such as anti-social behaviour orders and curfews.”
    “En route, we dropped by the home of Lips — one of the very few gang members who still lived with his mother — to pick up some clothes for Tuggy. There, we discussed which pair of trainers to bring him — no small decision, as the soul of the hoodie resides in his trainers.”
  3. (slang)A foreskin.
  4. The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.

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Etymology

From 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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