Hoodlum Edit Meaning

1.

Young trouble maker's who wear hooded jumper's and/or large puffy FUBU jacket's, baseball caps, shiny pants and may sport chains.

Often seen loitering in front of drugstores and on stoop's and fences, harrassing passer's by.

"Check that crew of hoodlums over there."

"I ran into a group of hoods the other night. They 'rolled' me for everything I owned. Shoes, socks and underwear included."

See Diego

2.

A Young Thug or gangster, very violent

1. My homies dad called me a hoodlum

I was like Hell nah, and I busted a cap in him

2.No More ?'s by Eazy E

..ll a girl out a name, yo I ain't no lover

I'm a pimp, mack daddy, lookin for the dollar

At thirteen I bought a six-fo' Impala

Rollin, and runnin from the police

Brother don't you know you can't trust a thief or thug, convict, hoodlum or criminal...

See gangsta, me, hood, eazy, youngster

3.

Term originally used to describe greasers.

"Hood," is what a greasr would originally be called (the term "greaser," wasn't developed until the early 70's)

"Lum," was short for "slums(ghetto)," which was were most "greasers," would usually live.

You young hoodlums better be gone before I call the fuzz!

See greaser, slums, hood, gangs, rebel

4.

Term used to describe a small time gangster

Hoodlums are just hoodlums they go around getting drunk & trashing the place they aint no real time gangsters they're just small time

See hooligans, hoods, hoodie, hoodies

5.

a tiny sub-specie of gangster known as "midgets" who associate with in the ghetto and call them selfs tiny gangsters. They generally associate amongst tiny underground groups divising big plans. their small size can leave them untoniceable and untraceable.

That hoodlum packs heat, don't fuck with those tiny gangters.

See hoodlum, tiny, gangsters, midgets, ghetto, underground, small

6.

one who can stand on his or her stoop and can see a robery and larceny happening at the same time

-or-

one who buys liquor and dipers with food stamps

Hey look at that! That hoodlums nocked up the same grocer three times in a row. I need to get out of the ghetto.

See gangster, hoodrat, gangsta, hommie

7.

a tiney sub-specie of gangster known as "midgets" who associate with in the ghetto and call them selfs tiny gangsters. They generally associate amongst tiney underground groups divising big plans. their small size can leave them untoniceable and untraceable.

that hoodlum packs heat, dont fuck with the tiny gangsters.

See hoodlum, midget, tiny, gangster, little