A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
Used in a Sentence
hoodie
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hoodie.
Editorial note
Give me a couple of basic color tees, one hoodie, and two pairs of jeans, and that's my wardrobe.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of hoodie gathered in one view.
The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
(slang) foreskin
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for hoodie.
noun
A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
noun
The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
noun
(slang) foreskin
noun
(British, slang, often derogatory) A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.
Example sentences
Give me a couple of basic color tees, one hoodie, and two pairs of jeans, and that's my wardrobe.
The dress story vs jeans, would apply equally to a guy in a suit and tie vs a hoodie.
If you wear the same hoodie you've been wearing since you were 12, you will be immediately cast off as incompetent.
It's all too easy to just slap some popular geek culture references on a t-shirt or a hoodie and call it a day.
I never said it was super lax, and I never said I'd show up in a hoodie and sneakers.
My wife wears a Google Helpouts hoodie and I got a ton of freebies when they launched.
How can you miss his devilish good looks under the hoodie?
But that goes for when you're wearing you cool hoodie too.
Who cares if I'm wearing a three piece suit or sneakers, jeans and a hoodie.
Women get raped wearing tracksuit pants and a hoodie, and leaving a domestic violence situation is often the trigger for more violence (including murder) when the abuser catches up.
The latter really at the end comes down to whether you wear an ironic hoodie, can solve a graph algorithm problem well and can work long hours through the night.
I'm definitely ordering my Sparkfun hoodie while I still can!
Quote examples
The kid comes out in a hoodie with the typical college startup story: "changing the world from our dorm room".
That's actually an interesting hypo because many black men are explicitly discouraged from wearing a hoodie to avoid being perceived as a "thug".[1] For the sake of discussion let's assume the tech scene is better than that and treats a black coder in a hoodie the same as a white person.
Sometimes they also ask you to take off a hoodie or such clothing, of course your belt, put your laptop separately from the rest, get an occasional pat down, and the liquid restrictions ("don't take that mysterious bottle in here, but your totally oscure laptop battery and the liquor we sell inside is ok").
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use hoodie in a sentence?
Give me a couple of basic color tees, one hoodie, and two pairs of jeans, and that's my wardrobe.
What does hoodie mean?
A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
What part of speech is hoodie?
hoodie is commonly used as noun.