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 11, 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_ October 01, 2008
by Driikka September 05, 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 October 16, 2015
by Fog Marley October 25, 2016
The hood is a place normally referring to an area of poverty, crime, hardships and gangs. The hood is one of the hardest places to thrive in, where it is only survival of the fittest and the smartest. Where the odds of you getting through the day are low. White people do not last long in the hood.
"I was running through these streets avoiding the sound of gunshots, I stabbed a nigga who tried to belt me. I was not having it I was determined to get out...the hood is a brutal"
by thebigpenis42069 February 05, 2017