Short for hoodlum - a criminal of a thuggish nature - liable to mug, rob, steal, burgle (that's burglarize to anyone who speaks Yankish), create havoc at sporting venues (that's Soccer Hooligan).
Hoodlums are not 'good-people'.
This word can be naively used to encourage the development of socially adjusted behaviour in one's offspring:
Hoodlums are not 'good-people'.
This word can be naively used to encourage the development of socially adjusted behaviour in one's offspring:
"Oy, you! - shutcha mahf - yor turnin' intwa right 'oodlum, you are."
Trans: "Excuse me, please be quiet, the making of excessive noise will lead to a life of crime."
Trans: "Excuse me, please be quiet, the making of excessive noise will lead to a life of crime."
by Richard with the Intellectual Cranium January 10, 2004

often mistook for literally meaning the ghetto; the term 'hood' is slang for neighborhood. what makes the term ghetto is that its mainly used in the ghetto.
by _tricksta_ January 17, 2009

The alternate, more ghetto fab version of popular musical "Into The Wood"With somg improvisations such as "into the hood,then out of the hood before my ass gets busted."Written by Erin,Kevin and Becca
by Erin April 6, 2005

by Driikka September 15, 2007

meaning from the "hood" a slang term derived from the word neighborhood, which is commonly used in lower class urban aread among thug types and gangsters. example: boyz in da hood. a common phrase used is "I'm so hood" the website hood1.com centers around this definition of the word hood making light and fun of ghettoness and such
by Big Ceez December 7, 2015

by Fog Marley October 25, 2016
