Definition of hooligan Hooligan
/huˈlɪgʌn/ - [huligun] - hoo•li•gan
We found 4 definitions of hooligan from 4 different sources.
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What does hooligan mean?
WordNet
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| hooligan - a cruel and brutal fellow | ||
| bully, tough, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo | ||
| assailant, assaulter, attacker, aggressor 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 | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hooligan
hoo′li-gan, n. one of a gang of street roughs, addicted to crimes of violence—Hoo′liganism. [From the name of a leader of such a gang.]
Part of speech
🔤- hooligan, noun, singular of hooligans.
