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HUD-ee/ˈhʊdi/

A hoodie is a soft jacket or jumper with a hood that you can pull over your head. Countable: a hoodie, hoodies. A coat is usually thicker for rain; a jumper often has no hood. Put your hood up. Informal; hood is only the head part, not the whole garment.

Meaning

A soft jacket or jumper with a hood.

Examples

• “Take a hoodie — it is windy.”
• “This hoodie is too small for him.”
• “She wore a grey hoodie to the park.”

Good to know

a hoodie (jumper with a hood). Contrast: coat (thicker), jumper (often no hood). hood = the part.

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