Definitions for hoodlum
ˈhud ləm, ˈhʊd-hood·lum

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armernoun

   an aggressive and violent young criminal

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hoodlumnoun

   a gangster; a hired thug

2. hoodlumnoun

   a rough or violent youth

3. Etymology: Since 1871. Origin unknown, but many explanations have been put forward. Online Etymology Dictionary indicates that a guess as good as any is from German dialect (Bavarian) Huddellump.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoodlum

   A hoodlum is a thug, usually in a group of misfits who are associated with crime or theft.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoodlumnoun

   a young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow

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1. Hoodlum

   Hoodlum is a 1997 crime drama film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The film concentrated on Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, Dutch Schultz, and Lucky Luciano.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoodlum

   hōōd′lum, n. (U.S.) a rowdy, street bully.

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1. hoodlumnoun

   A criminal; drugdealer, car thief, stick up kid. "Hoodlums and hustlers and bangers with Jheri-curls" -- Ice T. (Lifestyles of the rich and infamous) A gangster; a thug. A tough, often aggressive or violent youth

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HOODLUM

   A gangster or thug, someone who breaks the law.

   
   

   Submitted by rinat on January 24, 2022  

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoodlum

   A street rough, originally a product of San Francisco, but now common in New York and most cities of the American Union. The origin of the term was thus accounted for by The Congregationalist, 26th September 1877: “A newspaper man in San Francisco, in attempting to coin a word to designate a gang of young street Arabs under the beck of one named ‘Muldoon,’ hit upon the idea of dubbing them Noodlums--that is, simply reversing the leader’s name. In writing the word the strokes of the N did not correspond in height, and the compositor, taking the N for an H, printed it Hoodlum. ‘Hoodlum’ it is, and probably ever will be.”

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How to pronounce hoodlum?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hoodlum in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hoodlum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of hoodlum in a Sentence

1. Van Gundy:

   He’s got an edge to him. He looks like a choir boy, but he plays like … a hoodlum.

2. David Fantle:

   He called gangster films hoodlum films, he said to us he never watched his hoodlum films. The only movies he would ever stick around to watch if they were on TV would be the handful of musicals he made, which he loved.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hoodlum
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hoodlum
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodlum
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoodlum
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hoodlum
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hoodlum
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=hoodlum