hooligan
Meaning of hooligan
noun
- a violent young troublemaker, typically one of a gang.
a drunken hooligan
hooligan behaviour
late 19th century: perhaps from Hooligan, the surname of a fictional rowdy Irish family in a music-hall song of the 1890s, also of a cartoon character.
Information about hooligan
- It is a name.
- The plural form of hooligan is: hooligans.
- Languages in which hooligan is used:
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Hyphenation of hooligan
hooli-gan
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- hooligan is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
hooligan synonyms
Meaning bully:
bully, tough, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
Meaning a person who engages in crime and violence; a hooligan or gangster:
Meaning a violent person, especially a criminal:
Meaning an uncouth and aggressive man or boy:
Meaning a delinquent person:
Meaning a person who deliberately destroys or damages property belonging to others:
Meaning a person who habitually causes difficulty or problems, especially by inciting others to defy those in authority:
Meaning a person who behaves in a wild or reckless manner:
Meaning a boisterous, often badly behaved young man:
Meaning a disreputable and violent person:
Meaning a person who is tough and aggressive and enjoys a fight or argument:
Meaning a hooded sweatshirt, jacket, or other top:
Meaning a disreputable inhabitant of a town or city, especially one from Glasgow:
Meaning a hooligan or petty criminal:
Meaning a hooligan:
Meaning a lout or hooligan, especially a young man who drives recklessly:
Words that rhyme with hooligan
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