hoodie
hoodie Lexical Profile
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• noun
A casual sweatshirt or jacket made of soft knit fabric with an attached hood, often featuring a drawstring at the neck and a large front pocket or zipper.
"She pulled on a warm fleece hoodie before heading out for her morning jog in the chilly autumn air."
British A young person wearing a hooded sweatshirt, often perceived stereotypically as rebellious or associated with antisocial behavior.
"The shopping center faced public criticism after attempting to ban groups of hoodies from entering the premises."
Scottish An informal regional name for the hooded crow (Corvus cornix), a Eurasian corvid species characterized by an ashy-gray body combined with a black head, throat, wings, and tail.
"A solitary hoodie perched on the stone wall overlooking the Scottish moorland."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in American English in the late 1980s and early 1990s within hip-hop and skateboarding subcultures, formed from the noun 'hood' (from Old English 'hōd') and the informal diminutive suffix '-ie'.
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