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hoodman

hoodman noun: a member of a youth subculture group that listens to urban music, wears puffer jackets and sportswear, uses a heavy Toronto accent (with lingo), is typically uneducated, and may be engaged in illegal activities.

Noun

hoodman (plural hoodmen or (MTE, slang) hoodmans)

  1. (Canada, slang, chiefly Toronto) A member of a youth subculture group that listens to urban music, wears puffer jackets and sportswear, uses a heavy Toronto accent (with lingo), is typically uneducated, and may be engaged in illegal activities.
    • toronto hoodmans don't even laugh they just yell "yooooo" & "chillll" in different variations and rhythms2018 January 31, @racquelll_, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2024
  2. (obsolete) The blindfolded player in the game of hoodman-blind, or blind man's buff.
    • Hush, hush! Hoodman / comes.c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act 4, scene 3

Forms of hoodman

pluralhoodmen
plural error-unknown-tag (slang)hoodmans

Origin of hoodman

From hood + man.

Questions about hoodman

What does hoodman mean?
Hoodman means a member of a youth subculture group that listens to urban music, wears puffer jackets and sportswear, uses a heavy Toronto accent (with lingo), is typically uneducated, and may be engaged in illegal activities.
What part of speech is hoodman?
Hoodman is a noun.
What is the plural of hoodman?
The plural of hoodman is hoodmen.

Words near hoodman in the dictionary

  1. hoodlumized
  2. hoodlumizes
  3. hoodlumizing
  4. hoodlumry
  5. hoodlums
  6. hoodman
  7. hoodman-blind
  8. hoodmans
  9. hoodmen
  10. hoodmold
  11. hoodmolding

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