hooligan

hoo·li·gan

H0270500 (ho͞o′lĭ-gən)n. A tough and aggressive or violent youth.

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hoo′li·gan·ism n.

hooligan

(ˈhuːlɪɡən) nslang a rough lawless young person[C19: perhaps variant of Houlihan, Irish surname] ˈhooliganism n

hoo•li•gan

(ˈhu lɪ gən)

n. a ruffian or hoodlum. [1895–1900; perhaps after the Irish surname Hooligan] hoo′li•gan•ism, n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hooligan - a cruel and brutal fellow bully, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, toughaggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacksbullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political factionmuscleman, 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 demonstrationsplug-ugly, tough guy - someone who bullies weaker people

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

hooligan

nounInformal. A person who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire:hoodlum, ruffian, thug, tough.Slang: goon, gorilla, hood.

Translations

小流氓

hooligan

(ˈhuːligən) noun a young violent, destructive or badly-behaved person. 小流氓 小流氓ˈhooliganism noun violent or destructive behaviour especially by young people. 流氓行為 流氓行为