hooligan

hoo·li·gan  (hl-gn)

n.

A tough and aggressive or violent youth.

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hooli·gan·ism n.

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hooligan

Noun

Slang a young person who behaves in a noisy and violent way in public [origin unknown]

hooliganism n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hooligan - a cruel and brutal fellow bully, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks bullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction muscleman, muscle - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him" skinhead - a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations plug-ugly, tough guy - someone who bullies weaker people

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hooligan

noun delinquent, tough, vandal, casual, ned Scot. (slang) rowdy, hoon Austral., N.Z. hoodlum chiefly U.S. ruffian, lager lout, yob or yobbo Brit. (slang) cougan Austral. (slang) scozza Austral. (slang) bogan Austral. (slang)

Translations

hooligan [ˈhuːlɪgən] n → gamberro

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hooligan [ˈhuːlɪgən] n → voyou m

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hooligan [ˈhuːlɪgən] n → Rowdy m

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hooligan [ˈhuːlɪgən] n → giovinastro, teppista m