Hood may refer to:

Covering

Apparel

Hood (headgear) A hood is a type of headgear or headwear that covers most of the head and neck, and sometimes the face. It may be either a separate item of dress or part of a piece of clothing that may be pulled up to cover the head. Hoods that cover mainly ...

, type of head covering ** Article of

academic dress Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academia, academic settings, mainly tertiary education, tertiary (and sometimes secondary schools, secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or simila ...

** Bondage hood, sex toy *

Hoodie A hoodie is a type of sweatshirt with a hood that, when worn up, covers most of the head and neck, and sometimes the face. The most common 'pullover' style hoodies often include a single large knife pocket or muff on the lower front, whil ...

, hooded sweatshirt

Anatomy

Clitoral hood In female humans and other mammals, the clitoral hood (also called preputium clitoridis, clitoral prepuce, and clitoral foreskin) is a fold of skin that surrounds and protects the glans of the clitoris; it also covers the external clitoral shaft ...

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

cobra COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home countries' capital cities: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels ...

Other coverings

Fume hood A fume hood (sometimes called a fume cupboard or fume closet, not to be confused with Extractor hood) is a type of local exhaust ventilation (architecture), ventilation device that is designed to prevent users from being exposed to hazardous f ...

, piece of laboratory safety equipment *

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) *

Kitchen hood A kitchen hood, exhaust hood, hood fan, 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 fr ...

, exhaust system for a stove or cooktop *

Lens hood In photography, a lens hood or lens shade is a device used on the front end of a photographic lens, lens to block the Sun or other light source(s) to prevent glare (vision), glare and lens flare. Lens hoods may also be used to protect the lens fr ...

, 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 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 ca ...

, a type of diesel or electric locomotive **

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. ...

Short hood The short hood of a hood unit-style diesel locomotive is the shorter of the two hoods (narrower sections of the locomotive body in front and behind of the cab) on a locomotive. The short hood contains ancillary equipment, frequently a chemica ...

Art, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

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 (comics), Eric Powell, the character was introduced in his own sel ...

, 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 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'' No. 73 on September 19, 1941 (cover dated November 1941), th ...

in season 1 of the TV series ''Arrow''

Films

* ''Hood'', an unrealized film by

The Wachowskis Lana Wachowski (born Larry Wachowski, June 21, 1965) and Lilly Wachowski (born Andy Wachowski, December 29, 1967) are American film and television directors, writers and producers. The sisters are both trans women. Together known as the Wacho ...

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 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 cent ...

, by Stephen R. Lawhead

Music

Hood (band) Hood are an English post-rock band from Wetherby, formed in 1990, but have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2005. The band consists of brothers Chris and Richard Adams, and friends (including, at times, Craig Tattersall and Andrew Johnson of ...

, British indie rock band * Hoods (band), American punk band

Enterprises and institutions

Hood College Hood College is a private college in Frederick, Maryland. In fall 2018, Hood enrolled 2,052 students (1,092 undergraduate students; 960 graduate students). Thirty-eight percent of students are either members of under-represented racial or ethni ...

, a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland, United States *

HP Hood HP Hood LLC is an American dairy company based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Hood was founded in 1846 in Derry, New Hampshire, by Harvey Perley Hood. After two years in Derry, Hood took his milk south and established a factory in Charlestown, Mas ...

, an American food manufacturer

Slang

* Hood, a slang term for

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

Inner city The term inner city (also called the hood) has been used, especially in the United States, as a euphemism for majority-minority lower-income residential districts that often refer to rundown neighborhoods, in a downtown or city centre area. Soc ...

People

Hood (surname) Hood is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Real people Academics * Alan Hood, professor at the University of St Andrews * Christopher Hood (born 1947), Oxford professor * Hugh Hood (1928–2000), Canadian n ...

, a list of people *

Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary noble outlaw, heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions o ...

, medieval English folk hero * hood, a slang shortening of hoodlum or a thug

Places

Iran

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

United States

* Fort Hood (now

Fort Cavazos Fort Cavazos is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. The post is currently named after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. The post is located halfway between Austi ...

), a U.S. Army post near Killeen, Texas * Hood, California, a census-designated place in the United States *

Hood Canal Hood Canal is a fjord-like body of water that lies south of Admiralty Inlet in Washington State that some consider to be the western lobe and one of the five main basins of Puget Sound.Hood County, Texas Hood County is a county 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 commander of Hood's Texas Bri ...

, a county in the U.S. state of Texas * Hood River (disambiguation) * Hood, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Mount Hood Mount Hood, also known as Wy'east, is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range and is a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast and rests in the Pacific N ...

, 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 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, software design method * NASDAQ ticker symbol for

Robinhood Markets Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American financial services company based in Menlo Park, California. It provides an electronic trading platform that facilitates trades of stocks, exchange-traded funds, options, index options, futures contract ...

* 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 ...