hooligan
A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or…A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.
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» Are you talking about that hooligan?
Ты об этом хулигане? — marafon
Ты говоришь об этом хулигане? — marafon
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Examples
12 sentencesAre you talking about that hooligan?
ruТы об этом хулигане? — marafon
The hooligans have been banned from matches.
deDen Hooligans wurde Stadionverbot erteilt. — Esperantostern
Many policemen aren't better than football hooligans.
Meaning
3 senses(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
A type of fish, an anadromous smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus, found in the North Pacific.
(US, slang)A member of the United States Coast Guard.
- a cruel and brutal fellow
Origin
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon ulakan, from Clatsop Chinook, with spelling and pronunciatiBorrowed from Chinook Jargon ulakan, from Clatsop Chinook, with spelling and pronunciation influenced by the preceding.
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Forms
plural: hooligans / hooliganSynonyms
74 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.