hood vs hoodlum

hood

noun
  • Gangster, thug. 

  • Person wearing a hoodie. 

  • A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree. 

  • One of the endmost planks (or, one of the ends of the planks) in a ship’s bottom at bow or stern, that fits into the rabbet. (These, when fit into the rabbet, resemble a hood (covering).) 

  • In the human hand, over the extensor digitorum, an expansion of the extensor tendon over the metacarpophalangeal joint (the extensor hood syn. dorsal hood syn. lateral hood) 

  • A cover over the engine, driving machinery or inner workings of something. 

  • An enclosure that protects something, especially from above. 

  • A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes. 

  • A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak. 

  • The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle, known as a bonnet in other countries. 

  • An expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and Indian cobra (Naja naja). 

  • A soft top of a convertible car or carriage. 

  • The osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii. 

  • Neighborhood. 

verb
  • To cover something with a hood. 

adj
  • Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods. 

hoodlum

noun
  • A gangster; a hired thug. 

  • A rough or violent youth. 

How often have the words hood and hoodlum occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )