Hood may refer to:
Covering
Apparel
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Hood (headgear)
A hood is a kind of headgear that covers most of the head and neck, and sometimes the face. Hoods that cover mainly the sides and top of the head, and leave the face mostly or partly open may be worn for protection from the environment (typi ...
, type of head covering
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academic dress
Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assum ...
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Bondage hood
A bondage hood (also called a gimp mask or bondage mask) is a fetishistic hood. It may be made from rubber, latex, PVC, spandex, darlexx or leather. Full-faced hoods are typically used for the practice of head bondage, and to restrain and obj ...
, sex toy
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Hoodie
A hoodie (in some cases spelled hoody and alternatively known as a hooded sweatshirt) is a sweatshirt with a hood. Hoodies with zippers usually include two pockets on the lower front, one on either side of the zipper, while "pullover" hoodies ...
, hooded sweatshirt
Anatomy
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Clitoral hood
In the female human body, the clitoral hood (also called preputium clitoridis and clitoral prepuce) is a fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoral glans, glans of the clitoris; it also covers the external shaft of the clitoris, develop ...
, a hood of skin surrounding the clitoris
* Hood, a flap of skin behind the head of a
cobra
Other coverings
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Fume hood
A fume hood (sometimes called a fume cupboard or fume closet) is a type of local ventilation device that is designed to limit exposure to hazardous or toxic fumes, vapors or dusts.
Description
A fume hood is typically a large piece of equipmen ...
, piece of laboratory safety equipment
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Hood (car)
The hood (American English) or bonnet (Commonwealth English) is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles. Hoods can open to allow access to the engine compartment, or trunk (boot in Commonwealth English) on rear-engine and some mi ...
, covering over the engine compartment in a motor vehicle ('bonnet' in most Commonwealth countries)
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Kitchen hood
A kitchen hood, exhaust hood, extractor hood, or range hood is a device containing a mechanical fan that hangs above the stove or cooktop in the kitchen. It removes airborne grease, combustion products, fumes, smoke, heat, and steam from the ai ...
, exhaust system for a stove or cooktop
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Lens hood
In photography, a lens hood or lens shade is a device used on the front end of a lens to block the Sun or other light source(s) to prevent glare and lens flare. Lens hoods may also be used to protect the lens from scratches and the elements witho ...
, device used to block light from creating glare in photographs
Rail transport uses
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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
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Hood unit
A hood unit, in North American railroad terminology, is a body style for diesel and electric locomotives where the body is less than full-width for most of its length and walkways are on the outside. In contrast, a cab unit has a full-width car ...
, a type of diesel or electric locomotive
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Long hood
The long hood of a hood unit-style diesel locomotive is, as the name implies, the longer of the two hoods (narrower sections of the locomotive body in front and behind of the cab) on a locomotive, particularly American-type freight locomotives. ...
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Short hood
Art, entertainment and media
Fictional entities
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The Hood
The Hood (Parker Robbins) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan, and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell, the character was introduced in his own self-titled limited s ...
, fictional Marvel Comics character
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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
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Hood (''Thunderbirds''), fictional character in the ''Thunderbirds'' TV series
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Hood (''My Hero Academia''), fictional Nomu character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia''
* "The Hood", the vigilante name given to
Oliver Queen
Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 in November 1941. His secret identity, real name is Olive ...
in season 1 of the TV series ''Arrow''
Films
* ''Hood'', an unrealized film by
The Wachowskis
Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965, formerly known as Larry Wachowski) and Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967, formerly known as Andy Wachowski) are American film and television directors, writers and producers. The sisters are both trans ...
Gaming
* ''
Hood: Outlaws & Legends'', a 2021 video game
Literature
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''Hood'' (novel), a 1995 novel by Emma Donoghue
* ''Hood'' (2006), the first book of the
King Raven Trilogy
The King Raven Trilogy is a series of historical novels by American writer Stephen R. Lawhead, based on the Robin Hood legend. Lawhead relocates Robin Hood from Sherwood Forest in Nottingham to Wales, and sets the story in the late eleventh centu ...
, by Stephen R. Lawhead
Music
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Hood (band)
Hood are an English indie rock band from Leeds, formed in 1991. The band consists of brothers Chris and Richard Adams, and friends (including, at times, Craig Tattersall and Andrew Johnson of The Remote Viewer, and Nicola Hodgkinson of Empress ...
, British band
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Hoods (band)
Hoods is a hardcore punk band from Sacramento, California. Formed in 1994 by Mike "Mikey Hood" Mraz who later added Logan Murray, Tony Goodloe and Billy Gaffney. Hoods shows influences such as Madball, Sick of It All, Minor Threat and Cro-Mags. ...
, American band
Enterprises and institutions
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Hood College
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, mottoeng = With Heart and Mind and Hand
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, religious_affiliation = United Church of Christ
, endowment = $104.5 million (2020)
, president = Andrea E. Chapd ...
, a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland, United States
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HP Hood
HP Hood LLC is an American dairy company based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Hood was founded in 1846 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, by Harvey Perley Hood. Recent company acquisitions by HP Hood have expanded its reach from predominantly New Eng ...
, an American food manufacturer
People
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Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...
, 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, ...
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Black or African American Ghettos, often referred to as the hood
Iran
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Hood, Iran
Hud ( fa, هود, also Romanized as Hūd and Hood) is a village in Bid Shahr Rural District, Bidshahr District, Evaz County, Fars Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country ...
, a village in Fars Province of Iran
United States
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Fort Hood
Fort Hood is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. Named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, it is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. The post is the headquarters ...
, a U.S. Army post near Killeen, Texas
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Hood, California
Hood is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, Sacramento County, California, United States. Hood is located on the Sacramento River and California State Route 160 south of downtown Sacramento, California, Sacramento. Hood h ...
, a census-designated place in the United States
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Hood Canal
Hood Canal is a fjord forming the western lobe, and one of the four main basins,[Hood County, Texas
Hood County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,598. Its county seat is Granbury. The county is named for John Bell Hood, a Confederate lieutenant general and the c ...]
, a county in the U.S. state of Texas
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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 ...
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Hood, Virginia Hood is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia, United States.
References
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Virginia
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, an unincorporated community in the United States
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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
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Mount Hood, Oregon
Mount Hood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hood River County, Oregon, United States, about northeast of Parkdale on Oregon Route 35. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 286. Mount Hood is the termi ...
, an unincorporated community named for the mountain
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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
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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.
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* A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 'Blue & Gold' ...
Other uses
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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
* Hood, codename for the largest secretly detonated thermonuclear device over United States territory; see
Operation Plumbbob
Operation Plumbbob was a series of nuclear tests that were conducted between May 28 and October 7, 1957, at the Nevada Test Site, following ''Project 57'', and preceding '' Project 58/58A''.
Background
The operation consisted of 29 explosions ...
See also
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Hoodwink (disambiguation)
Hoodwink, Hoodwinked, or Hoodwinkers may refer to:
Films
* ''Hoodwink (1981 film)'', 1981 Australian film
* ''Hoodwinked!'', 2005 American action-comedy film
** Hoodwinked (soundtrack), ''Hoodwinked'' (soundtrack), from the film
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Hoodlum (disambiguation)
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Robin Hood (disambiguation)
Robin Hood is a famous English folk hero and legendary outlaw.
Robin Hood may also refer to:
Places
* Robin Hood, Drouin, Victoria, Australia
* Robinhood, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Robinhood Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
* Robin Hood, West Yorkshire, ...
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