hoodie
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈhʊdi/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊdi
Noun
edithoodie (plural hoodies)
- 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.
- (British, slang, often derogatory) A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.
- 2006 July 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “Cameron softens crime image in 'hug a hoodie' call”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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[2]:
- 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.
- (slang) foreskin
- The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
Descendants
edit- → German: Hoodie
Translations
editsweatshirt, with an integral hood
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young person wearing such a sweatshirt
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Further reading
editSpanish
editNoun
edithoodie f (plural hoodies)
Swedish
editNoun
edithoodie c
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | hoodie | hoodies |
definite | hoodien | hoodiens | |
plural | indefinite | hoodies | hoodies |
definite | hoodiesarna | hoodiesarnas |
References
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- English terms suffixed with -ie
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- Rhymes:English/ʊdi
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- en:Clothing
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