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The reflective cover of a #0excludeGlossary Discharge (or HID) lamp.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
hood (noun)1.
a) (1) a flexible covering for the head and neck
(2) a protective covering for the head and face
b) a covering for a hawk's head and eyes
c) a covering for a horse's head , also - blinder
2.
a) an ornamental scarf worn over an academic gown that indicates by its color the wearer's college or university
b) a color marking or crest on the head of an animal or an expansion of the head that suggests a hood
3.
a) something resembling a hood in form or use
b) a cover for parts of mechanisms , specifically the movable metal covering over the engine of an automobile
c) chiefly British a top cover over the passenger section of a vehicle usually designed to be folded back
d) an enclosure or canopy provided with a draft for carrying off fumes, sprays, smokes, or dusts
e) a covering for an opening (as a companion hatch) on a boat
- hoodlum
a neighborhood and especially an inner-city neighborhood , also - inner city
John Bell 1831–1879 Am. Confed. gen.
Samuel 1724–1816 1st Viscount British admiral - Hood
Thomas 1799–1845 Eng. poet
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
hood (noun)a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
SYNONYMS:
bully, gangbanger, gangsta, gangster, goon, gorilla, homeboy, homey ( homie), hood, hooligan, mobster, mug, plug-ugly, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough, toughie ( toughy), yob, yobboRELATED WORDS:
cutthroat, scoundrel, villain; assassin, bandit, bravo, brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, felon, gunman, highwayman, lawbreaker, mafioso, malefactor, offender, outlaw, perp, perpetrator, pirate; pickpocket, racketeer, robber, swindler, thief, vandal; juvenile delinquent, tearaway []something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
SYNONYMS:
blanket, cope, cover, covering, coverture, cover-up, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wrapsRELATED WORDS:
blind, concealer, screen, shield; fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse; camouflage, disguise, facade ( façade), face, mask, veneer; gloss, varnishHood (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hʊd/
- (General American) IPA(key): [hʊ̈d], [hɪ̈d]
- Rhymes: -ʊd
Etymology 1
From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”).
See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian
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