1
: having a hood
2
: shaped like a hood
hooded spathes
3
a
: having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the body
hooded bird
b
: having a crest on the head that suggests a hood
hooded seals
c
: having the skin at each side of the neck capable of expansion by movements of the ribs
a hooded cobra
4
: half-closed
hooded eyes
hoodedness
noun
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The patch shows a large alligator skull with its jaws open wide next to a hooded skeleton holding a scythe.
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Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
She was seen wearing a black puffer jacket, blue jeans, and a black hooded sweater.
—Jose Fabian, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
She was last seen wearing a black puffer jacket, blue jeans and a black hooded sweater, authorities said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Wearing hooded sweatshirts and full-face masks, the robbers ordered employees to one part of the room at gunpoint before two of them smashed the glass display cases with sledgehammers, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.
—Nick Sullivan
march 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2026
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Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
She was seen wearing a black puffer jacket, blue jeans, and a black hooded sweater.
—Jose Fabian, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
She was last seen wearing a black puffer jacket, blue jeans and a black hooded sweater, authorities said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Wearing hooded sweatshirts and full-face masks, the robbers ordered employees to one part of the room at gunpoint before two of them smashed the glass display cases with sledgehammers, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.
—Nick Sullivan
march 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Hooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hooded. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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