hoodlum

English - Turkish

Definition of hoodlum in English Turkish dictionary

yeraltı dünyasından biri

serseri

Bu satış makinesi dün gece serseriler tarafından tahrip edildi. - This vending machine was destroyed by hoodlums last night.

Genç adam kızı bir grup serseriden kurtardı. - The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.

kabadayı

külhanbeyi

{i} haydut

külhanbey

{i} gangster

bıçkın

Related Terms

hoodlums

kabadayılar

English - English

Definition of hoodlum in English English dictionary

a gangster; a hired thug

a rough or violent youth

A hoodlum is a violent criminal, especially one who is a member of a group. a criminal, often a young person, who does violent or illegal things = gangster (hudellump )

A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow

{i} thug, mobster, criminal, hooligan

an aggressive and violent young criminal

Related Terms

hoodlums

plural of hoodlum

Hyphenation

hood·lum

Turkish pronunciation

hûdlım

Pronunciation

/ˈho͝odləm/ /ˈhʊdləm/

Etymology

[ 'hüd-l&m, 'hud- ] (noun.) 1871. 1871. Origin unknown, but many explanations have been put forward. Online Etymology Dictionary says that a guess as good as any is from Ger. dial. (Bavarian) Huddellump (“ragamuffin”). According to Herbert Asbury in his book The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld (1933, A. A. Knopf, New York), the word originated in San Francisco from the call of a particular street gang, huddle 'em. Thousands of resentful unemployed Irish workers beat up Chinese migrants. San Francisco newspapers thereafter took to calling street gangs "hoodlums".