hooligan

hoo·li·gan

 (ho͞o′lĭ-gən)

n.

A tough and aggressive or violent youth.

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hoo′li·gan·ism n.

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hooligan

(ˈhuːlɪɡən)

n

slang a rough lawless young person

[C19: perhaps variant of Houlihan, Irish surname]

ˈhooliganism n

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hoo•li•gan

(ˈhu lɪ gən)

n.

a ruffian or hoodlum.

[1895–1900; perhaps after the Irish surname Hooligan]

hoo′li•gan•ism, n.

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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, boot boy, yob or yobbo (Brit. slang) riots involving football hooligans

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hooligan

noun

Informal. A person who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire:

hoodlum, ruffian, thug, tough.

Slang: goon, gorilla, hood.

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Translations

مُجْرِم في عِصابَه

chuligán

bøllehooligan

HooliganRowdy

χούλιγκαν

hooliganhouliganvoyou

skemmdarvargur

teppista

chuliganizmas

huligāns

ungdomsforbryter

huligan

aylakholigansokak serserisi

小流氓

hooligan

[ˈhuːlɪgən] N → gamberro/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hooligan

[ˈhuːlɪgən] n → hooligan m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hooligan

n → Rowdy m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hooligan

[ˈhuːlɪgən] n → teppista m/f, hooligan m/f inv

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hooligan

(ˈhuːligən) noun

a young violent, destructive or badly-behaved person. vandaal, skollie مُجْرِم في عِصابَه хулиган arruaceiro chuligán der Rowdy hooligan; bølle ταραχοποιό στοιχείο, χούλιγκανgamberro huligaan تبهکار huligaani voyouחוליגן, פושע गेंगस्टर huligan, ulicnjak huligán berandal skemmdarvargur teppista ごろつき 불량배 chuliganas huligāns budak jahat vandaal, hooliganungdomsforbryter, bølle, rampchuligan تبهکار arruaceiro huligan хулиган chuligán huligan huligan ligist, huligan อันธพาล aylak, sokak serserisi, holigan 小流氓 хуліган شرانگیز نوجوان bọn du côn 小流氓

ˈhooliganism noun

violent or destructive behaviour especially by young people. straatterreur, vandalisme أعْمال إجْراميَّه хулиганство arruaça chuligánství das Rowdytum hooliganisme βανδαλισμόςgamberrismo huligaansus شرارت huliganismi délinquanceחוליגניות गुंडागर्दी huliganstvo huliganizmus holiganisme óspektir; spellvirki teppismo 不良行為 법을 무시한 무질서한 행동 chuliganizmas huligānisms tindakan buas vandalisme pøbelstreker/-opptøyer chuligaństwo شرارت comportamento de arruaceiro huliga­nism хулиганство chuligánstvo huliganstvo huliganstvo ligistfasoner, huliganism พฤติกรรมอันธพาล serserilik, saldırganlık, holiganizm 流氓行為 хуліганство شہدہ پن nạn côn đồ quậy phá 流氓行为

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