hoodie
[ hood-ee; for 2 also Scots hoo-dee ]
/ ˈhʊd i; for 2 also Scots ˈhu di /
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noun
Also hoody .Informal. a hooded sweatshirt, sweater, or jacket.
Also called hoodie crow .Scot. the hooded crow.
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Just over a week later, on July 9, a man named Ishmael “Hoody” Kourma received six fatal gunshot wounds in Steubenville, Ohio.
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British Dictionary definitions for hoodie
hoodie
/ (ˈhʊdɪ) /
noun informal
a hooded sweatshirt
a young person who wears a hooded sweatshirt, regarded by some as a potential hooligan
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