# hoodie

Pronunciation: say "HUU-dee" /ˈhʊdi/

## Noun

1. A sweatshirt with a built-in hood and, often, a large pocket across the front.
   - Simple: A soft top with a hood you can pull over your head, often with a big front pocket.
   - _He zipped up his hoodie before heading out into the rain._
   - _The store sells hoodies in a dozen different colors._
2. A young person, usually male, in a hooded sweatshirt, stereotypically viewed as prone to antisocial behavior. *(slang, British)*
   - Simple: A young person, usually a boy, in a hooded top, seen as someone who might cause trouble.
   - _Local residents complained about hoodies gathering in the park at night._
   - _He was dismissed as just another hoodie, though he had never been in trouble._
3. The hooded crow (Corvus cornix), a gray-bodied crow with a black head, wings, and tail, found across northern and eastern Europe.
   - Simple: A type of crow that is mostly gray, with a black head, wings, and tail.
   - _The hoodie is a common sight along Scotland's western coast._
   - _Farmers often see hoodies scavenging in the fields after plowing._
4. The retractable fold of skin covering the head of the penis. *(slang)*
   - Simple: The loose fold of skin that covers the tip of the penis.
   - _He told the nurse, only half-joking, that he wasn't keen to lose his hoodie._
   - _The locker-room ribbing circled back to circumcision and missing hoodies._

## Origin

Formed from "hood" plus the diminutive suffix "-ie." In the sense of a person wearing a hoodie, it was influenced by the "-ie" that marks a person associated with a noun, often with a derogatory tone, as in "townie."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/hoodie (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).