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HUD en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • hŭd
  • /hʊd/ (US)
  • /hʌd/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Acronym 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:

Forms

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HUDs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

HUDless

Source: en.wiktionary, “HUD” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

HUD en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • hŭd
  • /hʊd/ (US)
  • /hʌd/

Meanings

  1. (US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Acronym of Department of Housing and Urban Development
    • 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:
    • 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:
Source: en.wiktionary, “HUD” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

HUD en · X

Pronunciation

  • hŭd
  • /hʊd/ (US)
  • /hʌd/

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of how you doing.