hoodie

• hoody

From hood +‎ -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊdi/

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• Rhymes: -ʊdi

hoodie (plural hoodies)

1. A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

   Synonyms: kangaroo, kangaroo jacket, bunny hug

   You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.

2. (British, slang, often derogatory) A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.

   Coordinate terms: chav, yob

   • 2006 July 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “Cameron softens crime image in 'hug a hoodie' call”, in The Guardian‎:

     David Cameron will completely re-engineer the Conservatives' image on crime this week with a remarkable speech calling for more understanding of 'hoodies' and criticising what he calls short-term solutions to curb youth crime such as anti-social behaviour orders and curfews.

   • 2012 June 26, Harriet Sergeant, “The only place my hoodie friend felt at home? Prison”, in 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.

3. (slang) foreskin
4. The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.

• → German: Hoodie

• hoodie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

hoodie f (plural hoodies)

1. hoodie

hoodie c

1. a hoodie (sweatshirt with integral hood)

   Synonyms: huvtröja, luvtröja, munktröja, munkjacka

• hoodie in Svensk ordbok (SO)