snood
Americannoun
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the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
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a headband for the hair.
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a netlike hat or part of a hat or fabric that holds or covers the back of a woman's hair.
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the pendulous skin over the beak of a turkey.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a pouchlike hat, often of net, loosely holding a woman's hair at the back
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a headband, esp one formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland
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vet science a long fleshy appendage that hangs over the upper beak of turkeys
verb
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has snoodedperfect 3rd person singular
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have snoodedperfect
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are snoodingprogressive
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has been snoodingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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is snoodingprogressive 3rd person singular
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have been snoodingperfect progressive
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am snoodingprogressive 1st person singular
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snoodingparticiple
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snoodssingular 3rd person
Past
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had snoodedperfect
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was snoodingprogressive singular
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were snoodingprogressive plural
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snoodedparticiple
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had been snoodingperfect progressive
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snoodedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of snood
before 900; Middle English: fillet, ribbon; Old English snōd
Explanation
A snood is a woman's hairnet or fitted head covering. You've probably seen paintings of nineteenth century women wearing snoods. A snood covers and pulls back the hair, much like a hairnet worn by a restaurant worker. But while a hairnet is functional, meant to keep strands of hair from ending up in customers' food, a snood is ornamental, more like a hat or scarf. It's uncommon to see women wearing snoods these days, but they show up all the time in nineteenth century art. The root of snood is the Old English snod, "hair ribbon."
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Example Sentences
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Snood threw up his job when he heard it.
From Heritage of the Desert by Grey, Zane
Mr. Snood described him as about sixteen years of age, medium height, with a long ‘ducktail’ haircut, and wearing a heavy black sweater.
From It’s like this, cat by Neville, Emily
It goes down about fifty cents a year in price, and last year Jim Reebe almost bought it at four dollars and seventy-five cents for Selma Snood.
From Homeburg Memories by Fitch, George
"What will the Mormons in White Sage say about Snap's killing Snood?"
From Heritage of the Desert by Grey, Zane
The superintendent, Fred Snood, checked the cellar storage cages, after a passing youth hinted to him that there had been a robbery.
From It’s like this, cat by Neville, Emily
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