hud

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/hʌd/US/hʊd//huːd/

noun

A huck or hull, as of a nut.

Similar
Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHousing and Urban Development
OriginArabic هُود →
CommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

hud1

nounhud (plural huds)

plural huds

  1. UKdialectalA huck or hull, as of a nut.

    Almondes[…]blanched or made cleane from their skinnes or huddes.

    1578, Henry Lyte, A niewe Herball or Historie of Plantes

HUD2

nounHUD (plural HUDs)

plural HUDs

  1. abbreviationacronymengineeringAcronym of head-up display.

    An explosion just made us an exit! I'll mark it on your HUD, Chief, go!

    2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Cortana (Jen Taylor), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Cortana
proper noun
  1. USabbreviationacronymgovernmentAcronym of Department of Housing and Urban Development

    Folks were divided on whether to blame him or his wife for selling it to a developer cashing in on HUD money.

    2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 45
    1 more example

    The request has added to worries among workers that HUD might be the next target for major downsizing by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a unit in the Trump administration led by Elon Musk.

    2025 February 11, Jennifer Ludden, “HUD is bracing as DOGE seeks to cut waste, fraud. Union leaders have a suggestion”, in w: NPR
phrase
  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of how you doing.

Hud3

proper noun
  1. IslamA prophet of Islam, sometimes identified with Eber in the Bible
  2. IslamThe eleventh sura of the Qur'an.
  3. name in Arabic.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965

Similar
Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHousing and Urban Development
Broader
executive department
Also see
head-up display

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

hud · noun

Compare hood (“a covering”).

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Hud · proper noun

  1. Arabicهُود
  2. EnglishHud

From Arabic هُود (hūd).

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Translations

Arabic هُود
  • هُود (hūd)A prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Bengali হুদ
  • হুদ (hud)A prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Bulgarian Худ
  • Худ (Hud)A prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Chinese Mandarin 呼德
  • 呼德 (Hūdé)A prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Czech Húd
  • HúdA prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Hindi हूद
  • हूद (hūd)A prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Hungarian Húd
  • HúdA prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Malay Hud
  • HudA prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Russian Ху́д
  • Ху́д (Xúd)A prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Tamil ஹூது
  • ஹூது (hūtu)A prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Ukrainian Гуд
  • Гуд (Hud)A prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura
Urdu ہود
  • ہود (Hud)A prophet of Islam; the name of the 11th sura

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hud

bloodfloodstudbudjuddsudruddspudthudcrudcuddudscudrudbludabloodcon cruddisbudkhudLumadm'lud'sbloodskudstød
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Anagrams

duh
Cite this entry
APA

hud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hud

MLA

“hud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hud. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hud,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hud.

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