Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoody

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: hoody
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of hoodie.

noun

The hooded crow.

noun

The hooded gull.

adj

Characteristic of inner-city life, especially that of crime-ridden ghettos.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Apparently the nearest ice cream spot was a mile or two down the streets of a fragile neighborhood with dilapidated homes, some sprayed with graffiti. It was the hoodiest hood I'd ever seen selling ice cream, definitely not a place for snobs."
"Obviously, the bigger the star, the more likely they jettisoned their hoodiest friends and separated themselves from any possible criminality."

Etymology

From hood + -y.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

hoodies (plural) hoodier (comparative) hoodiest (superlative)

Questions

What does hoody mean?: Alternative spelling of hoodie.
Where does hoody come from?: From hood + -y.

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