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My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.
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Meaning of "hooligan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOOLIGAN

Perhaps variant of Houlihan, Irish surname.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOOLIGAN

hooligan  [ˈhuːlɪɡən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOOLIGAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hooligan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOOLIGAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hooligan in the English dictionary

The definition of hooligan in the dictionary is a rough lawless young person.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOOLIGAN


balbriggan
bælˈbrɪɡən
berrigan
ˈbɛrɪɡən
brannigan
ˈbrænɪɡən
cardigan
ˈkɑːdɪɡən
Copenhagen
ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən
ligan
ˈlaɪɡən
michigan
ˈmɪʃɪɡən
Milligan
ˈmɪlɪɡən
mulligan
ˈmʌlɪɡən
neopagan
ˌniːəʊˈpeɪɡən
Nijmegen
ˈnaɪˌmeɪɡən
Oregon
ˈɒrɪɡən
origan
ˈɒrɪɡən
pagan
ˈpeɪɡən
ptarmigan
ˈtɑːmɪɡən
Rattigan
ˈrætɪɡən
Reagan
ˈreɪɡən
shenanigan
ʃɪˈnænɪɡən
tigon
ˈtaɪɡən
Wigan
ˈwɪɡən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOOLIGAN

hookless
hooklet
hooklike
hooknose
hookworm
hookworm disease
hooky
hoolachan
hooley
hoolie
hooliganism
hoolock
hoon
hoop
hoop pine
hoop snake
hoop-petticoat
hoop-skirt
hooped
hooper

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOOLIGAN

argan
ballet-wrap cardigan
began
football hooligan
gan
Glamorgan
hogan
Iligan
Keegan
Lake Michigan
larrigan
logan
Morgan
organ
Sagan
schooligan
slogan
vegan
wanigan
zigan

Synonyms and antonyms of hooligan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOOLIGAN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hooligan» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hooligan

Translation of «hooligan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOOLIGAN

Find out the translation of hooligan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hooligan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hooligan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小流氓
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hooligan
570 millions of speakers

English

hooligan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुंडे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

همجي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хулиган
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desordeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hoolie
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hooligan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hoolie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rowdy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フーリガン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공동 장소에서 난동을 부리는 젊은사람들의 무리 훌리건
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hoolie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bọn du côn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hoolie
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूर्ख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hoolie
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

teppista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hooligan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хуліган
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

huligan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hooligan
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

HOOLIGAN
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huligan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hooligan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hooligan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOLIGAN»

The term «hooligan» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.708 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOLIGAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hooligan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hooligan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hooligan

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3 QUOTES WITH «HOOLIGAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hooligan.
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David Bailey
Instead of putting someone in prison for being a hooligan, give him a choice. He may have beaten someone up and he's got eight years, but tell him you can do eight years inside or spend five years in the Army. Put him in the Parachute Regiment, they'd soon sort him out.
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Eric Cantona
My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.
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Lupe Fiasco
People don't understand that where I come from, everyone is either a convict, been in jail, been in a gang, is a hooligan of some sorts, but those are my brothers, my family and the people that I travel with. Those are the people that I roll with.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOOLIGAN»

Discover the use of hooligan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hooligan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Among The Thugs
What sort of man spends his Saturday afternoons with people named Bonehead, Paraffin Pete and Steamin' Sammy? Bill Buford's acclaimed Among the Thugs is a book about the experience, and the attractions, of crowd violence.
Bill Buford, 2011
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Among the Thugs
What kind of man spends his Saturday afternoons with people named Bonehead, Paraffin Pete and Steamin’ Sammy? Bill Buford’s acclaimed Among the Thugs is a book about the experience and the attractions of crowd violence.
Bill Buford, 2001
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Hooligan Bear: Home
When Hooligan Bear and his nephewe Little Louie return home to the bear factory and find it has been closed, they are faced with a problem. It's a turning point for the little bears and the beginning of many adventures.--Cover, p. 4
Ian Toynton, 2012
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Hooligan
Up until now his network of "scouts" have always kept the firm one step ahead of the opposition, but is there someone trying to set them up? This is the fiction debut of the author of Everywhere We Go.
Eddy Brimson, 1998
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Hooligan: a history of respectable fears
Clears up misconceptions about British crime, looks at public opinion concerning street crime since Victorian times, and discusses the use of crime statistics
Geoffrey Pearson, 1984
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Hooligan Wars: Causes and Effects of Football Violence
On the field, particular rivalries may emerge between specific European players and European clubs, while off the field football fan subcultures (including hooligan ones) have greater opportunities to avenge prior insults or to cement ...
Mark Perryman, 2013
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Hooligan: A Mormon Boyhood
Theyalltold stories about theinmates, someof whom could have been moms driven crazy by their hooligan sons. I wasnever told this, yet I knew it wasa possibility. None ofmy friends really wantedto drive their mothers tothe State Hospital, ...
Douglas Thayer, 2007
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The Hooligan's Return: A Memoir
By 1935 the bookshop already stocked another volume by Sebastian, Cum am devenit huligan (How I Became a Hooligan), in which the author pronounced that 1934, a year of such happiness for the future bride and groom, was a Hooligan ...
Norman Manea, 2013
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Mr. Hooligan
Shamus Award winner Ian Vasquez is a rising star in the world of noir, and he reaches new heights with Mr. Hooligan, a gripping, hardboiled story of a man fighting to escape to a new life---or die trying.
Ian Vasquez, 2010
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The Hooligan's Table: The Rugby Player's Cookbook: How to ...
Author David Martin brings over thirty years of playing rugby and going to the pub after rugby games to the writing of this book.
David Martin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOOLIGAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hooligan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gubar: What Derek Jeter should tell parents | National News - KCCI …
But if you're not careful, you might be raising him or her to become a hooligan. Where do we think bad behavior -- brawling drunks at NFL ... «KCCI Des Moines, Jul 15»
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T. GAMBLE: Let's vote Pluto a promotion | Albany Herald
#Tattoos were for war veterans and hooligans, but today there is no such thing as a hooligan because you can do anything you want and just ... «The Albany Herald, Jul 15»
3
Weird City Hip-Hop Festival Re-Ups - The Austin Chronicle
18 & 19 – the front line includes mercurial Detroit rapper Danny Brown, garrulous Bay Area wordsmith Aesop Rock, and resident hooligan MC ... «Austin Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Chelsea fans in court facing bans for Paris incident | Fusion
All in all, it's a sobering reminder of the sick underbelly — a hangover from the hooligan era of the '70s and '80s — that lingers beneath the ... «Fusion, Jul 15»
5
Meet 'art terrorist' AK47: The Art Kieda leader on exposing the …
At school I was a cack-handed clown, I went to prison for being a football hooligan. I was angry. All these things were signs I was different, I was ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Alec Bradley Diamond Rough Cut & Filthy Hooligan IPCPR 2015
Also, each year Alec Bradley has released an extension of the Black Market line called “Filthy Hooligan” around St. Patrick Day. This year, the ... «The Cigar Authority, Jul 15»
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Walloping Walker: The Media's Worst Attacks on the Wisconsin …
For this he was called a “hooligan” by The Washington Post's Dana Milbank and “un-American” by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. Scarborough's ... «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
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Fabiola Santiago: Cuba's message to youth: Beware the razzle-dazzle
... the paparazzi will stalk you, soccer-punching hooligan security be damned, and capture you frolicking like an anti-Communist billionaire from ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
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Dan K. Thomasson: Time for baseball to forgive Pete Rose …
It would be easy to portray this street kid as an unrepentant utterly undeserving roughneck hooligan. But one could say that about half of those ... «Lima Ohio, Jul 15»
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Ticket alert: Diana Krall, Grace Potter and Heart concerts go on sale …
The Original Wailers with 77 Jefferson and Boss Hooligan Soundsystem, Aug. 12, Riot Room. $20-$25. Happy Together Tour 2015, Aug. «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hooligan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hooligan>. Apr 2024 ».
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