hooligan
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hooligan¹
- /ˈhuː.lɪ.ɡən/
Sounds like Wholigan
noun hooligans
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A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.
She also heard boys from other classes behind her talking: “So, Teacher Tang is a female hooligan.”
Similar: agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, beggar, bhoy, blackguard, booger, boot boy, bovver boy, brat, brawler
- Ellipsis of football hooligan These excursions abroad confirm that displacement has actually been a feature of the development of hooligan conflicts for some time, but an important wider point is that domestic hooligan displacement also seems to be a much more central issue today, as policing and other control strategies (segreg
- A member of the United States Coast Guard. Many professional Navy and Coast Guard men were inclined to scoff. What kind of Navy was this, and what did they think they were up to, anyway? This bunch of hooligans wouldn't be any good to anyone; wouldn't be worth the powder to blow 'em to hell. Hooligan's Navy.
verb hooligans · hooliganing · hooliganed
- To act as a hooligan (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
- To treat (a person) roughly.
hooligan²
- /ˈhuː.lɪ.ɡən/
Sounds like Wholigan
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon ulakan, from Clatsop Chinook, with spelling and pronunciation influenced by the preceding.
noun hooligan · hooligans
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A type of fish, an anadromous smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus, found in the North Pacific.
One year there was a strong wind. We couldn’t catch herring, but they were there. We caught lots of hooligans (smelt) and got through the year on those.
Similar: eulachon, candlefish
Translations
Every language
noun person that causes trouble or violence
| Español | gamberro, gamberra, vándalo, vándala, hooligan |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 훌리건 hulligeon, 불량배 bullyangbae, 깡패 kkangpae, 불량자 bullyangja, 악당 akdang, 불한당 bulhandang |
| 日本語 | 与太者 yotamono, フーリガン fūrigan, ならず者 narazumono, 不良 furyō |
| 中文 | 流氓 liúmáng, 歹徒 dǎitú, 阿飛 /阿飞 āfēi |
| हिन्दी | गुंडा guṇḍā |
| Português | hooligan, vândalo, arruaceiro, baderneiro |
| Français | hooligan, casseur, voyou |
| Deutsch | Hooligan, Raufbold, Randalierer, Rowdy, Störenfried, Vandale |
| Italiano | teppista, vandalo, hooligan |
| Ελληνικά | χούλιγκαν choúligkan, ταραξίας taraxías, ταραχοποιός tarachopoiós |
| Română | huligan |
| Русский | хулига́н xuligán, хулига́нка xuligánka, дебоши́р debošír, буя́н buján, зади́ра zadíra, забия́ка zabijáka |
| Tiếng Việt | hô-li-gân |
| العربية | دَمَوِيّ damawiyy, سَفَّاح saffāḥ |
| עברית | חוּלִיגָן ḥuligán |
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title = {hooligan},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hooligan},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
