hoodie
Pronunciation Noun

hoodie (plural hoodies)

  1. A sweatshirt, with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
    {{ux|en|You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.
    Synonyms: kangaroo, kangaroo jacket, bunny hug
  2. (British, slang, often with negative connotation of yobbishness) A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male.
    • 2006,The Guardian, July 10, London
      Show more understanding of hoodies, urges Cameron
    • 2012, Harriet Sergeant, The only place my hoodie friend felt at home? Prison (in the Mail Online)
      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.
    The wolf was accused of attacking a young girl, but it pleaded that it was simply motivated by the Prime Minister's speech to hug a hoodie.
  3. (slang) foreskin
  4. hooded crow, Corvus cornix
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