Hood may refer to:

Covering

Apparel

* Hood (headgear), type of head covering ** Article of

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** Bondage hood, sex toy * Hoodie, hooded sweatshirt

Anatomy

* Clitoral hood, a hood of skin surrounding the clitoris * Hood, a flap of skin behind the head of a cobra

Other coverings

* Fume hood, piece of laboratory safety equipment * Hood (car), covering over the engine compartment in a motor vehicle ('bonnet' in most Commonwealth countries) * Kitchen hood, exhaust system for a stove or cooktop * Lens hood, device used to block light from creating glare in photographs

Rail transport uses

Hood (rail transport) A hood is a rigid cover to protect a load on a flatcar, gondola (rail), gondola or a coil car. Gondola hoods developed from loose tarpaulin covers that were deemed unsatisfactory in damp climates; but tarpaulins are still used as hoods in some ca ...

, a rigid cover to protect a load on a flat wagon or a coil car * Hood unit, a type of diesel or electric locomotive ** Long hood **

Short hood Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as t ...

Art, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

* The Hood, fictional Marvel Comics character *

Hood (Malazan) ''Malazan Book of the Fallen'' is a series of epic fantasy novels written by the Canadian author Steven Erikson. The series, published by Bantam Books in the U.K. and Tor Books in the U.S., consists of ten volumes, beginning with ''Gardens of t ...

, fictional god in the ''Malazan Book of the Fallen'' universe * Hood (''Thunderbirds''), fictional character in the ''Thunderbirds'' TV series * Hood (''My Hero Academia''), fictional Nomu character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' * "The Hood", the vigilante name given to Oliver Queen in season 1 of the TV series ''Arrow''

Films

* ''Hood'', an unrealized film by The Wachowskis

Gaming

* '' Hood: Outlaws & Legends'', a 2021 video game

Literature

* ''Hood'' (novel), a 1995 novel by Emma Donoghue * ''Hood'' (2006), the first book of the King Raven Trilogy, by Stephen R. Lawhead

Music

* Hood (band), British band * Hoods (band), American band

Enterprises and institutions

* Hood College, a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland, United States * HP Hood, an American food manufacturer

People

* Robin Hood, medieval English folk hero

Places

* 'hood, a slang term for

neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...

* Black or African American Ghettos, often referred to as the hood

Iran

* Hood, Iran, a village in Fars Province of Iran

United States

* Fort Hood, a U.S. Army post near Killeen, Texas * Hood, California, a census-designated place in the United States * Hood Canal, a fjord off Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington * Hood County, Texas, a county in the U.S. state of Texas *

Hood River (disambiguation) Hood River may refer to: Rivers * Hood River (Oregon), United States * Hood River (Nunavut), Canada * Hood River (Quebec), in the List of rivers of Quebec#Watershed of Saguenay River, Watershed of the Saguenay River, Canada Places * Hood River, O ...

* Hood, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Mount Hood Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about east-southeast of Portlan ...

, the tallest mountain in the U.S. state of Oregon ** Mount Hood, Oregon, an unincorporated community named for the mountain **

Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon Mount Hood Parkdale is the official United States Postal Service-designated name of the combined post offices of the communities of Mount Hood and Parkdale in the U.S. state of Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest regio ...

, the name of the post office that serves Mount Hood, Oregon

Transportation

* List of ships called HMS ''Hood'' * Hood Steamer, an early (1900–01) American manufacturer of steam cars in Lanark, Illinois, see

List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States This is a list of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States. They were discontinued for various reasons, such as bankruptcy of the parent company, mergers, or being phased out. A * A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 'Blue & Gold' ...

Other uses

HOOD method HOOD (''Hierarchic Object-Oriented Design'') is a detailed software design method. It is based on hierarchical decomposition of a software problem. It comprises textual and graphical representations of the design. HOOD was initially created for the ...

, software design method * NASDAQ ticker symbol for Robinhood Markets * Hood, codename for the largest secretly detonated thermonuclear device over United States territory; see Operation Plumbbob