Hood
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Hood may refer to:
Covering
[edit]Apparel
[edit]- Hood (headgear), type of head covering
- Article of academic dress
- Bondage hood, sex toy
- Hoodie, hooded sweatshirt
Anatomy
[edit]- Clitoral hood, a hood of skin surrounding the clitoris
- Hood, a flap of skin behind the head of a cobra
Other coverings
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Hood (rail transport), a rigid cover to protect a load on a flat wagon or a coil car
- Hood unit, a type of diesel or electric locomotive
Art, entertainment and media
[edit]Fictional entities
[edit]- The Hood, fictional Marvel Comics character
- Hood (Malazan), 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
[edit]- Hood, an unrealized film by The Wachowskis
Gaming
[edit]- Hood: Outlaws & Legends, a 2021 video game
Literature
[edit]- Hood (novel), a 1995 novel by Emma Donoghue
- Hood (2006), the first book of the King Raven Trilogy, by Stephen R. Lawhead
Music
[edit]- Hood (band), British indie rock band
- Hoods (band), American punk band
Enterprises and institutions
[edit]- Hood College, a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland, United States
- HP Hood, an American food manufacturer
People
[edit]- Robin Hood, medieval English folk hero
- hood, a slang shortening of hoodlum or a thug
Places
[edit]- 'hood, a slang term for neighborhood
- Black or African American Ghettos, often referred to as the hood
Iran
[edit]- Hood, Iran, a village in Fars Province of Iran
United States
[edit]- Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), 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, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Mount Hood, the tallest mountain in the U.S. state of Oregon
- Mount Hood, Oregon, an unincorporated community named for the mountain
- Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon, the name of the post office that serves Mount Hood, Oregon
Transportation
[edit]- 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
Other uses
[edit]- HOOD method, 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
See also
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