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Definition of "hooded" []

  • Covered with or having a hood. (adjective)
  • Shaped like a hood, cowl, or similar covering. (adjective)
  • Zoology Having coloration or a crest suggesting a hood. (adjective)
  • Zoology Having elastic skin at the neck that, when distended, resembles a hood, as that of the cobra. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hooded" in a sentence
  • "First Madame Mère ( smiling), then Louis—leaning heavily on two walking sticks, his expression hooded—followed at a distance by Hortense, Jérôme and his wife, Caroline and Joachim (snickering), Julie (Joseph is in Spain), Eugène and, at the last, a giggling Pauline."
  • "I robin hooded three arrows that summer, one from 20 yards, 30 yards, and 40 yards."
  • "“Fuck,” Sergeant Seth Roussey says from behind the wheel as he swings the van around the corner, slowing to eyeball a group of young black men in hooded sweatshirts hanging out on the West Baltimore street."
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