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  • present tense form of hood (3rd person singular).

hoods



NOUN
a covering for vehicles and the like
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One running gag involves the hotel’s irritation at the nearby goats who trample on the hoods of parked cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Companies that buy aluminum to make everything from soda cans to car hoods have been feeling the pain of more expensive aluminum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Chief Executive Mary Barra’s first job as a co-op student was inspecting Pontiac hoods and fenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

"She knows what she was told was based on false hoods... She should out the newspapers on the offering of money for stories."

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

One tore the whip from Brum’s hand, the others snatched the hoods and masks from the startled drüskelle s faces, rendering them vulnerable.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo



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