Meaning

3 senses
  1. (attributive, informal)A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.

    Hooligan, Raufbold, Randalierer

    хулига́нxuligán, хулига́нкаxuligánka, дебоши́рdebošír

    хуліга́нxulihán, хуліга́нкаxulihánka

  2. (US, slang)A member of the United States Coast Guard.

  3. A type of fish, an anadromous smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus, found in the North Pacific.

More definitions
  • a cruel and brutal fellow

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Are you talking about that hooligan?

    ruТы об этом хулигане? — marafon

  2. The hooligans have been banned from matches.

    deDen Hooligans wurde Stadionverbot erteilt. — Esperantostern

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  3. Many policemen aren't better than football hooligans.

  4. What makes you think he's not a hooligan?

  5. In his youth, my dad was a hooligan.

    ruВ молодости мой папа был хулиганом. — Wezel

    deIn seiner Jugend war mein Vater ein Hooligan. — Naina

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person that causes trouble or violence:
Русский
By meaning 1
person that causes trouble or violence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person that causes trouble or violence:

Origin

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon ulakan, from Clatsop Chinook, with spelling and pronunciati

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon ulakan, from Clatsop Chinook, with spelling and pronunciation influenced by the preceding.

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