hoodie

American  

[hood-ee, hoo-dee] / ˈhʊd i, ˈhu di /

noun

1. Informal. Also hoody a hooded sweatshirt, sweater, or jacket.

2. Also called hoodie crow.  Scot. the hooded crow.

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hoodie British  

/ ˈhʊdɪ /

noun

1. a hooded sweatshirt

2. a young person who wears a hooded sweatshirt, regarded by some as a potential hooligan

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Etymology

Origin of hoodie

1780–90 hoodie for def. 2; hood ¹ + -ie

Example Sentences

A man in a hoodie and mask, who authorities said was Bradbury, walks into a kitchen with an aerosol can, allegedly a poison for bugs, and sprays everything in sight.

From Los Angeles Times

Pupils now wear leggings or jogging bottoms, a t-shirt and a hoodie, with black trainers.

From BBC

Wearing a grey hoodie sweatshirt with 'Fear' written upside down Malinin symbolically swotted away comments which represented the negative impact of social media.

From Barron's

The head and raised arms of a doll stick out of the left side of the hoodie’s kangaroo pocket.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the era of “peak cozy,” with its devotion to lap blankets, hoodies and fleece-lined everything, no one could fail to understand Punch’s attachment to his comfort object.

From Los Angeles Times