hood
n. countablen. a part of a piece of clothing that you pull up to cover your head. It is also the metal cover over the engine of a car.
n. a flexible covering for the head and neck, typically attached to a coat or sweatshirt; also the hinged metal casing over a vehicle's engine compartment.
He pulled up his hood when it started to rain.
The mechanic lifted the hood of the car to check why the engine was making a strange clicking sound.
While the garment's oversized hood provided protection against the biting wind, it also obscured the wearer's peripheral vision, making the narrow mountain path even more treacherous to navigate.
From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic hōd, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian/Dutch hoed (“hat”), Cimbrian huat, huut (“hat”), German Hut (“hat”), German Low German Hood (“hat; hood”), Luxembourgish Hutt (“hat”); also Proto-Iranian *xawdaH (“hat”) (Avestan 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀 (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (x-u-d /xaudā/)). More at hat.
Clipping of hoodlum.
Clipping of neighborhood; compare nabe.
Clipping of hoodie, influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.
In British English, the metal cover of a car engine is called a 'bonnet' rather than a 'hood'.