football hooligan

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football hooligan

noun football hooligans

  1. UK A violent football (soccer) fan who routinely fights with supporters of opposing teams and/or with police, often the member of a firm. They speak of the respect among their peers that they hope their hooligan involvements will bring, and of "battle excitement," "the adrenaline racing," and "aggro" (short for aggression) almost erotically arousing. Indeed, Jay Allan, a leading member of the Aberdeen Casuals, a Scottish football hool

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noun violent football fan

한국어축구 훌리건 chukgu hulligeon
中文足球流氓 zúqiú liúmáng
DeutschHooligan, Fußballhooligan
Русскийфутбольный хулиган futbolʹnyj xuligan

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@misc{football_hooligan_2026,
  title = {football hooligan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/football%20hooligan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}