Hoodie
//ˈhʊdi// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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. British, derogatory, often, slang
"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."
- 3 foreskin slang
- 4 The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
Example
More examples"Oops, I shrunk my sister's favorite hoodie."
Etymology
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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