Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hud

/hʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: hud
IPA: /hʊd/

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Acronym of head-up display.

name

Acronym of Department of Housing and Urban Development

American usage

phrase

Initialism of how you doing.

noun

A huck or hull, as of a nut.

British usage

name

A prophet of Islam, sometimes identified with Eber in the Bible

name

The eleventh sura of the Qur'an.

name

name in Arabic.

Example Sentences

"An explosion just made us an exit! I'll mark it on your HUD, Chief, go!"
"Folks were divided on whether to blame him or his wife for selling it to a developer cashing in on HUD money."
"The request has added to worries among workers that HUD might be the next target for major downsizing by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a unit in the Trump administration led by Elon Musk."
"Almondes[…]blanched or made cleane from their skinnes or huddes."

Etymology

Compare hood (“a covering”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: هُود

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /hʊd/

Usage

American usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

HUDs (plural)

Derived Forms

HUDless

Frequently Paired Words

Saleh Shuaib

Synonyms

department of housing and urban development housing and urban development

Homonyms

hood -hood

Rhymes With

blood flood mud bud stud judd rudd dud thud budd spud crud

Questions

How do you pronounce hud?: The recorded pronunciation is /hʊd/.
What does hud mean?: Acronym of head-up display.
Where does hud come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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