hoodie
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈhɵdɪj//
- Australia//ˈhʊdi//
- Scotland//ˈhʉde//
- Scotland//-dɪ//
A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
noun
- 1
A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.
- 2
slangA young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.
David Cameron will completely re-engineer the Conservatives' image on crime this week with a remarkable speech calling for more understanding of 'hoodies' and criticising what he calls short-term solutions to curb youth crime such as anti-social behaviour orders and curfews.
En route, we dropped by the home of Lips — one of the very few gang members who still lived with his mother — to pick up some clothes for Tuggy. There, we discussed which pair of trainers to bring him — no small decision, as the soul of the hoodie resides in his trainers.
- 3
slangA foreskin.
- 4
The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
Etymology
From hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.
Forms
- plural
- hoodies
hoodie · A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
hoof · The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer,…hook · A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free…Hook · A surname.