hoodie

noun

HUU-dee/ˈhʊdi/

4 meanings of hoodie

1
nouncountable
A soft top with a hood you can pull over your head, often with a big front pocket.
Like a warm top with a hood attached, so you don't need a separate hat.
She pulled her hoodie over her head when it got cold.
He keeps his phone in the front pocket of his hoodie.
Similarsweatshirt
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2
nounslangderogatoryBritishcountable
A young person, usually a boy, in a hooded top, seen as someone who might cause trouble.
The shopkeeper eyed the hoodie loitering near the door.
A group of hoodies hung around the bus stop after dark.
Similaryob, lout, thug, hooligan
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3
nouncountable
A type of crow that is mostly gray, with a black head, wings, and tail.
A hoodie picked at scraps along the rocky shore.
We watched a pair of hoodies chase a buzzard from their nest.
4
nounslangcountable
The loose fold of skin that covers the tip of the penis.
He laughed that the surgeon had snipped off his hoodie.
The boys traded crude jokes about whose hoodie was still intact.
Similarforeskin, prepuce
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From "hood" plus the ending "-ie." When it means a person wearing a hoodie, the "-ie" ending marks a person, sometimes in a negative way.