English [ edit ]

Women wearing snoods

turkey with a prominent snood hanging over its beak

Alternative forms [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Middle English snod, from Old English snōd (“headdress, fillet, snood”), from Proto-Germanic *snōdō (“rope, string”), from Proto-Indo-European *snoh₁téh₂ (“yarn, thread”), from *sneh₁(i)- (“to twist, wind, weave, plait”). Cognate with Scots snuid (“snood”), Swedish snod, snodd (“twist, twine”). Compare also Old Saxon snōva (“necklace”), Old Norse snúa (“to turn, twist”), snúðr (“a twist, twirl”), English needle.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

snood (plural snoods)

Translations [ edit ]

band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place Finnish: tukkanauha

German: Haarnetz (de) n , Haarband n

, Japanese: スヌード ( sunūdo )

Korean: 스누드 ( seunudeu ) Russian: ле́нта (ru) f ( lénta ) ( скрепля́ющая во́лосы ) , повя́зка (ru) f ( povjázka ) ( для воло́с )

, Scottish Gaelic: stìom f

Spanish: redecilla (es) f , cintillo m

— see hairnet hairnet

flap of skin on the beak of a turkey Catalan: moc (ca) m Finnish: heltta (fi)

German: please add this translation if you can

Spanish: moco de pavo m

short line to attach a fishhook to a line Finnish: peruke (fi)

German: Mundschnur f

Irish: losna m , lusna m , drogha m , foirtéim f , snúda m Maori: takā taukaea

Russian: поводо́к (ru) m ( povodók ) ( у́дочки )

— see neckwarmer neckwarmer

Verb [ edit ]

snood (third-person singular simple present snoods, present participle snooding, simple past and past participle snooded)

To keep the hair in place with a snood. 1792, Robert Burns, "Tam Lin" (a Scottish popular ballad) Janet has kilted her green kirtle

A little aboon her knee,

And she has snooded her yellow hair

A little aboon her bree,

Translations [ edit ]

to keep the hair in place with a snood

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Dutch [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Middle Dutch snôde, from Old Dutch *snōthi, from Proto-Germanic *snauþuz (“bald, naked, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnéw-tu-s, from the root *ksnew- (“to scrape, sharpen”). Cognates include German schnöde and Old Norse snauðr.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Adjective [ edit ]

snood (comparative snoder, superlative snoodst)

villanous and criminal Hij bekokstoofde een snood plan. He concocted a villainous plan.

Inflection [ edit ]

Inflection of snood uninflected snood inflected snode comparative snoder positive comparative superlative predicative/adverbial snood snoder het snoodst

het snoodste indefinite m./f. sing. snode snodere snoodste n. sing. snood snoder snoodste plural snode snodere snoodste definite snode snodere snoodste partitive snoods snoders —