hoodlum
A gangster; a hired thugA gangster; a hired thug.
» The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.
Молодой человек спас девушку от толпы хулиганов.
Значение
значений: 2A gangster; a hired thug.
Schläger, Ganove, Gangster
банди́тbandít, банди́ткаbandítka
A rough or violent youth.
Ganove, Halbstarker, Rowdy
хулига́нxuligán, го́пникgópnik, буя́нbuján
an aggressive and violent young criminal
Примеры
предложений: 4The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.
Молодой человек спас девушку от толпы хулиганов. — odexed
This vending machine was destroyed by hoodlums last night.
I was beaten up by a gang of hoodlums on the way home from work.
I didn't want to add this hoodlum as a friend on Twitter.
Переводы
языков: 6По значениям 2
По значениям 2
Происхождение
First attested in a December 1866 Daily Alta California article, which mentions "the 'HoodFirst 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”).
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