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hoodie.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhʊdi/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɵdɪj/British, Southern, Standard/ˈhʉde/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/-dɪ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

    You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.
  2. A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.

    UK · derogatory · often · slang
  3. A foreskin.

    slang
  4. The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.

Where this word comes from

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

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