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!
A gangster; a thug
A tough, often aggressive or violent youth.
I saw hoodlums stealing a car.
Biiiiiig fan of the band the american urban/rock/hip-hop/pop/indie/alternative band "The Neighbourhood" (can also be spelled The NBHD)... Hoodlum is kinda like 'directioner', 'belieber' or 'swiftie', just another band.
1: omg, i'm the biggest hoodlum ever! love the nbhd!!! <3
2: yes yes yes, me too, the nieghbourhood forever!
A hardcore fan of the band called "The Neighbourhood" . Hoodlums could range from shy little teenage girls with hunched backs who don't talk, or could even be a hipster guy with spacers and a beard. Don't fall into the hoodlum life and gert obsessed with Jesse and the guys
OH, yeah that Nava chick? Yeah, she's weird. That hoodlum girl who's obsessed with that indie band whatever that means.
n. 1. a criminal 2. a person involved in orginized crime, such as the mafia 3. a young person who dresses like a skater or a whigger
"I want to be a normal hoodlum, just like the ones over there", "wow, he's a hoodlum"
Speeeding down and up that ol’ road like a hoodlum
When he went up the road he hoodlum it
Slightly more extreme than hooliganism. Another counterpart of boganism and hooliganism.
Those people are supporters of hoodlumism