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hoodlumize

hoodlumize verb: to make into a hoodlum.

Verb

hoodlumize (third-person singular simple present hoodlumizes, present participle hoodlumizing, simple past and past participle hoodlumized)

  1. (transitive) To make into a hoodlum.

Forms of hoodlumize

third-person singular presenthoodlumizes
present participlehoodlumizing
past participlehoodlumized
pasthoodlumized

Origin of hoodlumize

From hoodlum + -ize.

Questions about hoodlumize

What does hoodlumize mean?
Hoodlumize means to make into a hoodlum.
What part of speech is hoodlumize?
Hoodlumize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hoodlumize?
The past tense of hoodlumize is hoodlumized.

Words near hoodlumize in the dictionary

  1. hoodline
  2. hoodlum
  3. hoodlumish
  4. hoodlumism
  5. hoodlumisms
  6. hoodlumize
  7. hoodlumized
  8. hoodlumizes
  9. hoodlumizing
  10. hoodlumry
  11. hoodlums

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