hooligan
37
6.3
- noun
- /ˈhuːlɪɡən/
- Offensive
:
vándalo
- Lovable hooligans.
- soccer hooligans
- a bunch of hooligans
- a gang of hooligans
The second was for the hooligans outside the ghetto gate who were there to extort escaping juice.
- The second was for the hooligans outside the ghetto gate who were there to extort escaping juice.
- I then surrounded myself with hooligans that look like gangsters.
- I'm pretending to be Gary, whoever the football hooligan, but I'm not really.
- Those are people who administer genocide, English soccer hooligans and American invaders.
- So I then went to Italy for five weeks as a hooligan, living and breathing with him.
- You have this one is for West Ham, for the green shoot hooligans, forever blowing bubbles.
- Yeah, Baggy T we're giving, you know, I'm giving football hooligan.
- Bruno Mars, the rocket Ships hooligans.
- And yeah, I had a friend in our little childhood gang of hooligans, and he just was a natural artist.
- Racist, Islamophobe, far right racist, Islamophobe, bigot, football hooligan.
- They're all football hooligans, these guys, or they were at one time Stuttgart football club, had relationships with hockey football club.
- I started playing some big shows, those hooligans, those absent boys, Los Locos de Rido, Los Armenos Carrion is big, you know, rock shows.
Examples
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"Our noble facility has been desecrated by hooligans."
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The roving bands of hooligans responsible for robbing and beating passengers have been checked somewhat.
Fiction book (1994) -
Attention you hooligans behind that snow bank!
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Come on, you little hooligans!
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Knock it off, you hooligans.
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Sean, those hooligans are in the park again.
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Everybody warn Rodney not to have anything to do with those hooligans.
Fiction book (1995) -
There is no room in this Marine Corps for criminals and hooligans, Sgt. Murphy.
Fiction book (1999) -
The hooligans caused chaos after the soccer match, throwing bottles and shouting in the streets.
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During the concert, a group of hooligans started fighting in the crowd, alarming many of the attendees.
Synonyms
69
4.1
A person who causes problems for other people on purpose
32
8.1
A violent person who hurts others and causes trouble
8
6.2
A person who fights roughly in places like bars
7
4.0
A person who makes a lot of noise and causes trouble in a group
3
8.6
A person who acts violently and often starts fights
2
9.9
A young man who is rude, noisy, and sometimes violent in public
2
6.5
A person who interrupts people by making noise or causing trouble
A person who acts violently or causes trouble in public
A young man who is loud, rude, and often aggressive
A person who causes problems by starting arguments or fights
How Violent
- Offensive
∞
2.5
- Offensive
244
4.9
- Offensive
37
6.3
- Offensive
69
4.1
7
4.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hooligan likely comes from an Irish family name Houlihan, and one popular story says it came from an old song about a rowdy family. So, a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a 'Houlihan' causing trouble, which is why hooligan means a violent or rowdy person today.