as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
when a gang of hoods started hanging out in front of the store, customers went elsewhere
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as in cloak
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
counterfeiters conducting their affairs under a hood of secrecy
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as in thugs
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
when a gang of hoods started hanging out in front of the store, customers went elsewhere
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as in cloaks
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
counterfeiters conducting their affairs under a hood of secrecy
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Recent Examples of hood
Kaity Kline, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
The Brave engine under the hood has implications for individuals, organizations, or companies that might want to block Claude from accessing their sites since, presumably, Brave's web crawler is doing the web indexing.
—Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
It's made from a layered polyester shell that is waterproof and windproof, but most impressively the jacket is also fully seam-sealed to prevent water from seeping in with an adjustable hood and collar.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
Under the hood is a 2.0-liter diesel making 161 horsepower and 302 lb ft of torque, which VW says complies with the latest European emission standards and can be had in front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive configurations.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2025
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There are a few different kinds of filters that range hoods come in, Lane notes.
—Kaity Kline, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
The Brave engine under the hood has implications for individuals, organizations, or companies that might want to block Claude from accessing their sites since, presumably, Brave's web crawler is doing the web indexing.
—Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
It's made from a layered polyester shell that is waterproof and windproof, but most impressively the jacket is also fully seam-sealed to prevent water from seeping in with an adjustable hood and collar.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
Under the hood is a 2.0-liter diesel making 161 horsepower and 302 lb ft of torque, which VW says complies with the latest European emission standards and can be had in front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive configurations.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Hood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hood. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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