'Hoodlum' definitions:
Definition of 'hoodlum'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Hoodlum'
From: GCIDE
- Hoodlum \Hood"lum\, n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called also hood. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- Just tell your hoodlum friends outside You ain't got time to take no ride. --Yakety-Yak (Song) [PJC]
Synonyms of 'hoodlum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apache,
- bad boy,
- bandit,
- battler,
- beast,
- beldam,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- berserk,
- berserker,
- bickerer,
- blade,
- bomber,
- booger,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- brigand,
- bruiser,
- brute,
- buffoon,
- bugger,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- combatant,
- competitor,
- contender,
- contestant,
- crook,
- cutup,
- dacoit,
- demon,
- desperado,
- devil,
- disputant,
- dragon,
- duelist,
- elf,
- enfant terrible,
- enforcer,
- fencer,
- feuder,
- fiend,
- fighter,
- fighting cock,
- fire-eater,
- firebrand,
- foilsman,
- funmaker,
- fury,
- gamecock,
- gangster,
- gladiator,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- gun,
- gunsel,
- hardnose,
- hatchet man,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- hellhound,
- hellion,
- hit man,
- holy terror,
- hood,
- hooligan,
- hothead,
- hotspur,
- imp,
- incendiary,
- joker,
- jokester,
- jouster,
- killer,
- knave,
- knight,
- little devil,
- little monkey,
- little rascal,
- mad dog,
- madcap,
- Mafioso,
- militant,
- minx,
- mischief,
- mischief-maker,
- mobsman,
- mobster,
- monster,
- mug,
- mugger,
- muscle man,
- pixie,
- plug-ugly,
- practical joker,
- prankster,
- puck,
- quarreler,
- racketeer,
- rapist,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- revolutionary,
- rioter,
- rival,
- rodman,
- rogue,
- rough,
- roughneck,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- sabreur,
- savage,
- scamp,
- scapegrace,
- scrapper,
- scuffler,
- she-wolf,
- spitfire,
- squabbler,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm man,
- strong-armer,
- struggler,
- swashbuckler,
- sword,
- swordplayer,
- swordsman,
- termagant,
- terror,
- terrorist,
- thug,
- tiger,
- tigress,
- tilter,
- torpedo,
- tough,
- tough guy,
- trigger man,
- tussler,
- ugly customer,
- violent,
- virago,
- vixen,
- wag,
- wild beast,
- witch,
- wolf,
- wrangler,
- Young Turk