Bonnet
noun
The part of a car that covers the engine.
He had to open the bonnet to check the engine.
Often appears as...
- open the bonnet
- under the bonnet
noun
A hat tied under the chin, worn by women and children.
She wore a bonnet matching her dress.
Often appears as...
- wear a bonnet
- take off the bonnet
noun
A kind of valve or cover.
The gas control includes a safety valve and a bonnet assembly.
Often appears as...
- bonnet assembly
- open the bonnet
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of headgear for male Scottish Highland dress.
He topped off his kilt outfit with a traditional bonnet.
Often appears as...
- wear a bonnet
- scottish bonnet
noun
The part of a car that covers the engine.
He had to open the bonnet to check the engine.
Often appears as...
- open the bonnet
- under the bonnet
noun
A hat tied under the chin, worn by women and children.
She wore a bonnet matching her dress.
Often appears as...
- wear a bonnet
- take off the bonnet
noun
A kind of valve or cover.
The gas control includes a safety valve and a bonnet assembly.
Often appears as...
- bonnet assembly
- open the bonnet
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of headgear for male Scottish Highland dress.
He topped off his kilt outfit with a traditional bonnet.
Often appears as...
- wear a bonnet
- scottish bonnet
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Pro Tip 1/2UK Specific
Remember, 'bonnet' is mainly used in the UK for the car part Americans call 'hood'.
In the UK, mechanics often say 'Let's take a look under the bonnet.'
Pro Tip 2/2Automotive Context
'Bonnet' refers to the car's exterior, not the interior parts or the boot/trunk.
The mechanic painted the bonnet to match the car's body.
Pro Tip 1/2UK Specific
Remember, 'bonnet' is mainly used in the UK for the car part Americans call 'hood'.
In the UK, mechanics often say 'Let's take a look under the bonnet.'
Pro Tip 2/2Automotive Context
'Bonnet' refers to the car's exterior, not the interior parts or the boot/trunk.
The mechanic painted the bonnet to match the car's body.
Pro Tip 1/2UK Specific
Remember, 'bonnet' is mainly used in the UK for the car part Americans call 'hood'.
In the UK, mechanics often say 'Let's take a look under the bonnet.'
Pro Tip 2/2Automotive Context
'Bonnet' refers to the car's exterior, not the interior parts or the boot/trunk.
The mechanic painted the bonnet to match the car's body.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
they could use you as a vantage point because cheats are habituated to people very very quickly and they would jump on the bonnet that's all the hood I believe it's known as that's very dangerous and it's it's highly highly and its behavior that should not be encouraged because first of all it's interfering with the
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Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
noises I said no squeaking noise say his eyes just lit up and he said don't worry I'll have it back to you in an hour and sure enough an hour later he brought it back and it was no longer squeaking so what it was I don't know but he knew how to fix it he also fixed stop Oh bonnet cables so
Video examples
Erika Larsen: People of...
in a lot of parades. And you here, you told me you are wearing a war bonnet, you have, you said it's called a lance, correct? That's a lance I'm holding, yeah. And you also have the war bridle -tell me-- -And the war bridle you got to be a pretty experienced rider to
Video examples
Drunk Monkeys PIPE National...
fruit cart unattended for just a single moment these bonnet macaques pounce on it like hungry ants at a company picnic those of you with very young children will recognize this kind of eating behavior so many peanuts so little time then bananas well naturally oranges
Video examples
Don't fail fast -- fail...
where the beginning of their bankruptcy was publicly announced. And in order to avoid immediate imprisonment, they had to wear a green bonnet so that everyone knew they were a failure. Of course, these are extreme examples. But it is important to remember
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 162 PIPE...
leopard jumping on the bonnet literally spraying the student sitting on the bonnet so he will never forget it he will probably never be closer to a leopard and he'll probably remember that smell for the rest of his life as well on these
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
excuse me do you have an adult present see this is this is the problem this is why we can't you're gonna get scared when I start up hello it's basically that the bonnet then it's gonna get a very big scare no okay no we have to go
Video examples
How to be your best self...
summer bonnets are greeting that were born amines I see you and by seeing you I bring you into being and in the workshops sometimes what I do is I'll stop people and I cue them and I say Sabha Boehner and all I'm doing is I'm
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
found over there the wipers on the windshield because we always tilt the windshield in on the bonnet Paula I'm very careful Paula and always very good to hear your name and hopefully Paula you can see I have my
Video examples
Monkey Thieves Raid...
mackay acts love to monkey around here in southern india when a peddler leaves our fruit cart unattended for just a single moment these bonnet macaques
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
they could use you as a vantage point because cheats are habituated to people very very quickly and they would jump on the bonnet that's all the hood I believe it's known as that's very dangerous and it's it's highly highly and its behavior that should not be encouraged because first of all it's interfering with the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
noises I said no squeaking noise say his eyes just lit up and he said don't worry I'll have it back to you in an hour and sure enough an hour later he brought it back and it was no longer squeaking so what it was I don't know but he knew how to fix it he also fixed stop Oh bonnet cables so
Video examples
Erika Larsen: People of...
in a lot of parades. And you here, you told me you are wearing a war bonnet, you have, you said it's called a lance, correct? That's a lance I'm holding, yeah. And you also have the war bridle -tell me-- -And the war bridle you got to be a pretty experienced rider to
Video examples
Drunk Monkeys PIPE National...
fruit cart unattended for just a single moment these bonnet macaques pounce on it like hungry ants at a company picnic those of you with very young children will recognize this kind of eating behavior so many peanuts so little time then bananas well naturally oranges
Video examples
Don't fail fast -- fail...
where the beginning of their bankruptcy was publicly announced. And in order to avoid immediate imprisonment, they had to wear a green bonnet so that everyone knew they were a failure. Of course, these are extreme examples. But it is important to remember
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 162 PIPE...
leopard jumping on the bonnet literally spraying the student sitting on the bonnet so he will never forget it he will probably never be closer to a leopard and he'll probably remember that smell for the rest of his life as well on these
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
excuse me do you have an adult present see this is this is the problem this is why we can't you're gonna get scared when I start up hello it's basically that the bonnet then it's gonna get a very big scare no okay no we have to go
Video examples
How to be your best self...
summer bonnets are greeting that were born amines I see you and by seeing you I bring you into being and in the workshops sometimes what I do is I'll stop people and I cue them and I say Sabha Boehner and all I'm doing is I'm
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
found over there the wipers on the windshield because we always tilt the windshield in on the bonnet Paula I'm very careful Paula and always very good to hear your name and hopefully Paula you can see I have my
Video examples
Monkey Thieves Raid...
mackay acts love to monkey around here in southern india when a peddler leaves our fruit cart unattended for just a single moment these bonnet macaques
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Quote examples
Mark Haddon
English Novelist
I always thought I'd eventually learn how to draw really well, and despite constant evidence to the contrary, I just kept on trying. If you're too good at anything, you don't have to think about the process, whereas I feel like I spend my life with my head under the bonnet, trying to understand how everything works.
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Olivia Colman
English Actress
In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about something I thought wasn't right, and I would ape about too, to make everybody laugh. That was my way through my girls' school, because I wasn't very academic.
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David Oyelowo
English Actor
I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made.
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Ayesha Curry
Canadian Actress
Being able to sprawl out on the bed and wear my face mask and put my hair up in my bonnet, honestly, it's nice to have those moments sometimes.
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Tony Fernandes
Malaysian Businessman
My whole life has always been about looking for that person that money can't buy in that they've got a bee in their bonnet.
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Anna Paquin
Canadian Actress
Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old.
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Michael Korda
English Novelist
The normal reaction of a publisher when faced with an author with a bee in his bonnet is to grab the check and run.
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Jane Fallon
English Author
I have always had a bee in my bonnet about being seen to do things for myself.
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Andrew Davies
British Writer
People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.
Quote examples
Romola Garai
English Actress
I can't spend the rest of my life being pretty in a bonnet.
Quote examples
Mark Haddon
English Novelist
I always thought I'd eventually learn how to draw really well, and despite constant evidence to the contrary, I just kept on trying. If you're too good at anything, you don't have to think about the process, whereas I feel like I spend my life with my head under the bonnet, trying to understand how everything works.
Quote examples
Olivia Colman
English Actress
In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about something I thought wasn't right, and I would ape about too, to make everybody laugh. That was my way through my girls' school, because I wasn't very academic.
Quote examples
David Oyelowo
English Actor
I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made.
Quote examples
Ayesha Curry
Canadian Actress
Being able to sprawl out on the bed and wear my face mask and put my hair up in my bonnet, honestly, it's nice to have those moments sometimes.
Quote examples
Tony Fernandes
Malaysian Businessman
My whole life has always been about looking for that person that money can't buy in that they've got a bee in their bonnet.
Quote examples
Anna Paquin
Canadian Actress
Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old.
Quote examples
Michael Korda
English Novelist
The normal reaction of a publisher when faced with an author with a bee in his bonnet is to grab the check and run.
Quote examples
Jane Fallon
English Author
I have always had a bee in my bonnet about being seen to do things for myself.
Quote examples
Andrew Davies
British Writer
People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.
Quote examples
Romola Garai
English Actress
I can't spend the rest of my life being pretty in a bonnet.
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