hooded

adjective

hood·​ed ˈhu̇-dəd 

1

: having a hood

2

: shaped like a hood

hooded spathes

3

a

: having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the body

hooded bird

b

: having a crest on the head that suggests a hood

hooded seals

c

: having the skin at each side of the neck capable of expansion by movements of the ribs

a hooded cobra

4

: half-closed

hooded eyes

hoodedness noun

Examples of hooded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Once there, hooded jail officials quickly shave their heads and faces, take their names and put them in large community cells. —Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025

The deputy also saw a man in a bright yellow hooded sweatshirt and a woman in the nearly empty parking lot. —Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2025

The suspect wore a blue baseball cap, dark-green hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black sneakers. —Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025

Dope Thief’s opening credit sequence elaborates on this theme: A lone, hooded kid rushes through the streets of Philadelphia on a bike. —Andy Andersen, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for hooded

• wooded