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1. A person who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire: hoodlum, ruffian, thug, tough. Informal hooligan. Slang goon, gorilla. See attack/defend, crimes.
2. A rough, violent person who engages in destructive actions: hoodlum, mug, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough. Informal toughie. Slang punk. See attack/defend, crimes.

1. A cover placed above an opening or an object to shelter it.
2. A cover placed over a fire or chimney to create a draft and to direct the smoke, odors, or noxious vapors into a flue; may be supported or hung in space, or attached to a wall; sometimes furnished with a grease filter or extractor, a light fixture, and fire-extinguishing system.

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1. n. a hoodlum.  A couple of hoods hassled us on the street.
2. n. the neighborhood; the ghetto; any neighborhood.  Back in the hood, Bob's considered an important guy.

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sign description: Both A-hands make a swooping motion forward.

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Mystery and death are the associations of a hooded figure. The hood can indicate either the passing away of old obstacles or cowering and hiding from a person or a situation.

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Any of a variety of devices used to restrict vision so that the pilot has no outside visual clues and can see only the aircraft instruments. It is used during instrument training to simulate conditions where the pilot cannot see outside the plane, such as being in a cloud.

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1. hood
   noun, US
   
   A gangster or gunman. (1930 —) .
   P. G. Wodehouse The hood was beating the tar out of me (1966).
   
   [Abbreviation of hoodlum noun.]
2. hood
   noun, mainly US, esp. African-American
   
   A neighbourhood or community, usu. one's own; esp. an inner-city area inhabited predominantly by non-whites; esp. in phr. boys (or boyz) in the hood young men in such an area (popularized by the (1991) film Boyz N the Hood). (1969 —) .
   New York Times The boys in the 'hood are killing each other (1992).
   
   [Shortening of neighbourhood noun.]

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Controlling ratite birds with darkness by covering the head with a hood which covers the head and the cranial half of the neck without occluding the nostrils.

For a list of words related to hood, see:

• Body Parts and Accessories - hood: hinged cover over engine compartment
• Helmets, Headdresses, and Hairpieces - hood: soft fabric covering for head and neck
• Hunting Equipment - hood: cover for a hawk’s head, used in falconry when bird is not pursuing game
• Violent Persons - hood: Slang. hoodlum

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hætte, hue, kølerhjelm, røghætte, emhætte, udhæng
v. tr. - trække en hætte over, tilsløre

2.
n. - gangster

3.
n. - nabolag, bydel, strøg, naboer

Nederlands (Dutch)
kap, capuchon, overkapping/ -dekking, tent, schild van dier, gangster, beschermkap, afzuigkap, motorkap

Français (French)
1.
n. - capuche, capot, capuchon, cagoule, chaperon (pour un faucon, sur un cobra), hotte (d'une cuisinière), capot (antibruit) (sur une imprimante), (GB) capote (voiture, poussette), (US, Aut) capot, (US) épitoge
v. tr. - couvrir d'une capuche

2.
n. - (US) truand, loubard

3.
n. - (son) voisinage

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Kapuze, Motorhaube, Abzug
v. - (mit einer Kapuze) bedecken

2.
n. - Gangster, Rowdy

3.
n. - Nachbarschaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουκούλα, σκούφος, κάλυμμα, καπό (μηχανής) αυτοκινήτου
v. - καλύπτω με κουκούλα, κουκουλώνω, τοποθετώ καλύπτρα

Italiano (Italian)
cappuccio, cofano, cappa d'aspirazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - capuz (m), capô (m) (Autom.), capelo (m), bandido (m) (encapuzado) (gír.)
v. - cobrir com capuz, prover capuz ou similar

Русский (Russian)
капюшон, складной верх автомобиля, кожух, чехол, шлем, закрывать капюшоном, скрывать, замазывать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - capucha, caperuza, capirote, capota, campana, sombrerete, capó
v. tr. - encapuchar, cubrir con una capucha o capota

2.
n. - gángster, matón

3.
n. - barrio, vecindad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kapuschong, huva, krage, skydd, motorhuvud, kapp (sjö), hätta, gangster, nunna
v. - sätta huva på, täcka över

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 风帽, 兜帽, 似风帽的东西, 罩上, 以头巾覆盖

2. 头巾

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 風帽, 兜帽, 似風帽的東西
v. tr. - 罩上, 以頭巾覆蓋

2.
n. - 頭巾

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 두건, 대학 예복
v. tr. - 두건으로 가리우다, 눈가림하다

2.
n. - 불량자, 폭력배

3.
n. - 무리, 사회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 頭巾, フード, 背部の垂れ布, ボンネット, かさ, 覆い, ずきん

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قلنسوة, البرنس, غطاء للرأس, والعنق معا, غطاء واق للرأس, والوجه, غماء الصقر يغطي رأسه وعينيه, غماء الفرس, للحؤول بينه وبين رؤيه ما على يمينه ويسا, طيه زينيه على ظهر الرداء الجامعي أو الثوب الكنسي, غطاء أو كبوت العربه أو السيارة, غطاء محرك السيارة المعدني (فعل) يزود بغطاء أو غماء, يستر أو يحجب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כובע, בורנס, ברדס, גג זחיח, חיפת המנוע‬
v. tr. - ‮חבש כובע‬
n. - ‮פושע מזוין‬
n. - ‮שכונה (בד"כ של מישהו)‬

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