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hooding

HUU-ding/ˈhʊdɪŋ/

2 meanings of hooding

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of hood. Use it after is, are, or was, or as the name of the action.

    The falconer is hooding her hawk so it stays calm in the car.

    Hooding the lamps kept their light from shining up into the sky.

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  2. 2
    noununcountable
    When certain snakes spread their neck out wide, into the shape called a hood.

    Hooding tells you the snake feels scared and may strike.

    The children gasped at the cobra's sudden hooding behind the glass.

hooding is a form of hood

hood, verb: To put a hood over something. Full entry

Forms
hoodhoods he/she/ithooding -ing formhooded past tense, past participle
Spelling
hood → hooding: add -ing

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