hoodlum

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A gangster; a hired thug.
2. A rough or violent youth.

Concepten

gangster

vechtjas

vechtersbaas

schoelie

Synoniemen

hooligan

ruffian

thug

rascal

mobster

gangster

criminal

rogue

rowdy

scoundrel

tough

hood

lout

renegade

malefactor

punk

strong-armer

goon

roughneck

tramp

toughie

rapscallion

vagabond

racketeer

rat

🐀

riff-raff

rioter

roisterer

ruffler

scallywag

scamp

smart

swine

touchwood

trouble maker

vagrant

wandering

worthless

wrongdoer

evil-doer

tough guy

larrikin

rascallion

gang member

agitator

muscle boy

bad egg

bad lot

blighter

bloke

brawler

bum

crafty

crook

delinquent

felon

gamin

good-for-nothing

guttersnipe

heckler

hobo

knave

lawbreaker

loafer

lowlife

miscreant

ne’er-do-well

playboy

Met koppelteken als

hood‧lum

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈhuːdləm/

Etymologie (Engels)

First attested in a December 1866 Daily Alta California article, which mentions "the 'Hoodlum Gang' of juvenile thieves". Several possible origins have been proposed. It may derive from a Germanic word like Swabian hudelum (“disorderly”) or Bavarian Haderlump (“ragamuffin”).
Herbert Asbury's book The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld (1933, A. A. Knopf, New York) says the word originated in San Francisco from a particular street gang's call to unemployed Irishmen to "huddle 'em" (to beat up Chinese migrants), after which San Francisco newspapers took to calling street gangs "hoodlums".