Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

under the hood

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: un-der- the -hood
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Beneath the surface; in the internal workings.

prep_phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, the, hood: beneath the bonnet (of a car or truck).

Example Sentences

"Internet search engines are easy to use, but there's a lot going on under the hood."
"Under the hood, Mosaic is primitive by today's standards, but it's design is recognizable. Sure, it's all black, white and gray with flat buttons, but it would take absolutely no time to adjust to it."
"There have been some tweaks under the hood, as you would expect, and one major alteration that will probably divide fans, but this 25-year-old motor is very much still running."
"She's got whitewall tires and suicide doors / Under the hood, got a four-fifty-four / Well, they don't make 'em like that no more / Not since nineteen seventy-four / Big cars / Yeah, I like big cars"

Etymology

The figurative sense is extended from the literal sense via metaphor.

Synonyms

beneath the hood underneath the hood

Questions

What does under the hood mean?: Beneath the surface; in the internal workings.
Where does under the hood come from?: The figurative sense is extended from the literal sense via metaphor.

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