Hood

Hood may refer to:

Covering

Apparel

Hood (headgear), type of head covering
- Article of academic dress
- 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 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

Art, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

The Hood (Marvel Comics), 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

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 indie rock band
Hoods (band), American punk band

Enterprises and institutions

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

Slang

Hood, a slang term for neighborhood
- The hood, a North American slang term for ghettos and inner cities, especially for Black American ghettos

People

Hood (surname), a list of people
Robin Hood, medieval English folk hero
hood, a slang shortening of hoodlum

Places

Iran

Hood, Iran, a village in Fars Province of Iran

United States

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)
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

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

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

Hood

Covering

Apparel

Anatomy

Other coverings

Rail transport uses

Art, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

Films

Gaming

Literature

Music

Enterprises and institutions

Slang

People

Places

Iran

United States

Transportation

Other uses

See also