hoodie

[hood-ee, hoo-dee]

noun

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

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

hoodie

/ ˈhʊdɪ /

noun

1. a hooded sweatshirt

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoodie¹

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

Example Sentences

“I am afraid that I will regret it for the rest of my life,” she says, nervously pulling the cords of her red hoodie.

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Two benched federal workers—a man in a green flannel and baseball cap and a woman in a Disneyland hoodie—wandered in.

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“It’s awesome,” said Snell, who was wearing a blue hoodie emblazoned with the Dodgers playoff slogan “Built For Fall” across the front.

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Retes, 25, wearing shorts and a hoodie, got out of his car and tried to tell the federal agents that he worked at the farm.

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He was last seen wearing a white hoodie and black cap.

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