"hoodlum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhuːdləm/, /ˈhʊdləm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hoodlum.wav Forms: hoodlums [plural]
Etymology: 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". Etymology templates: {{der|en|swg|hudelum||disorderly}} Swabian hudelum (“disorderly”), {{der|en|bar|Haderlump||ragamuffin}} Bavarian Haderlump (“ragamuffin”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hoodlum (plural hoodlums)
  1. A gangster; a hired thug. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: criminal Translations (a gangster; a hired thug): rampokker (Afrikaans), га́нгстер (gángster) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gangsteri (Finnish), bandit [masculine] (French), Schläger [masculine] (German), Ganove [masculine] (German), Gangster [masculine] (German), Bandit [masculine] (German), យូកូង (yuu koung) (Khmer), grassātor [masculine] (Latin), банди́т (bandít) [masculine] (Macedonian), банди́тка (bandítka) [feminine] (Macedonian), gangster [masculine] (Polish), bandyta [masculine] (Polish), jagunço [masculine] (Portuguese), банди́т (bandít) [masculine] (Russian), банди́тка (bandítka) [feminine] (Russian), tsotsi (Sotho), matón [masculine] (Spanish), bandido [masculine] (Spanish), pandillero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hoodlum-en-noun-ACx9olUF Disambiguation of People: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sotho translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Sotho translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'a gangster; a hired thug': 97 3
  2. A rough or violent youth. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: troublemaker Translations (a rough or violent youth): хулига́н (huligán) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bugoy (Cebuano), 阿飛 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿飞 (āfēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 流氓 (liúmáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 歹徒 (dǎitú) (Chinese Mandarin), hulttio (Finnish), voyou [masculine] (French), Ganove [masculine] (German), Halbstarker [masculine] (German), Rowdy [masculine] (German), Schlägertyp [masculine] (German), गुंडा (guṇḍā) [masculine] (Hindi), チンピラ (chinpira) (Japanese), 与太者 (yotamono) (alt: よたもの) (Japanese), grassātor [masculine] (Latin), хулига́н (huligán) [masculine] (Macedonian), malfaràs [masculine] (Occitan), gusàs [masculine] (Occitan), sacamand [masculine] (Occitan), marginal [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), хулига́н (xuligán) [masculine] (Russian), го́пник (gópnik) [masculine] (Russian), буя́н (buján) [masculine] (Russian), шпана (špana) (Russian), matón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hoodlum-en-noun-ZZCvfLaH Disambiguation of People: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'a rough or violent youth': 3 97

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
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    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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          "ref": "2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:",
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          "word": "criminal"
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      "ipa": "/ˈhuːdləm/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈhʊdləm/"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "word": "rampokker"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "gángster",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "га́нгстер"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "word": "gangsteri"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bandit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schläger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ganove"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gangster"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bandit"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "yuu koung",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "word": "យូកូង"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grassātor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bandít",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "банди́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bandítka",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "банди́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gangster"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "bandyta"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jagunço"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bandít",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "банди́т"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "банди́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "word": "tsotsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "matón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bandido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a gangster; a hired thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandillero"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "huligán",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "хулига́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "word": "bugoy"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "word": "阿飛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āfēi",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "word": "阿飞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liúmáng",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "word": "流氓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎitú",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "word": "歹徒"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "word": "hulttio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyou"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ganove"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Halbstarker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rowdy"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlägertyp"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "guṇḍā",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गुंडा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinpira",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "word": "チンピラ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よたもの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yotamono",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "word": "与太者"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grassātor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "huligán",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хулига́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malfaràs"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gusàs"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacamand"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marginal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xuligán",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хулига́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gópnik",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "го́пник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "buján",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "буя́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špana",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "word": "шпана"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a rough or violent youth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matón"
    }
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  "word": "hoodlum"
}

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