Hyphenation of hoodlum

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word hoodlum? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

hood-lum

Definitions of hoodlum:

1.	An aggressive and violent young criminal

Synonyms of hoodlum:

noun	hood, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer, criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor

Last hyphenations of this language

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