hoodlumish

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adjective

Characteristic of hoodlums.

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Meanings

adjectivehoodlumish (comparative more hoodlumish, superlative most hoodlumish)

comparative more hoodlumish · superlative most hoodlumish

  1. Characteristic of hoodlums.

    A hoodlumish mob of Democrats attacked a rival speaker at Smithfield, and the Republican chairman telegraphed Governor Russell for troops, a request with which he complied.

    1979, H. Leon Prather, Resurgent Politics and Educational Progressivism in the New South, page 194

Origin

From hoodlum + -ish.

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APA

hoodlumish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoodlumish

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“hoodlumish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoodlumish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoodlumish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoodlumish.

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