HOOLIGAN meaning: Rowdy, disruptive person causing trouble

We found 25 dictionaries that define the word hooligan:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

hooligan: Merriam-Webster
hooligan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
hooligan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
hooligan: Collins English Dictionary
hooligan: Vocabulary.com
Hooligan, hooligan: Wordnik
hooligan: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
hooligan: Wiktionary
hooligan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
hooligan: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
hooligan: Infoplease Dictionary
hooligan: Dictionary.com
hooligan: Online Etymology Dictionary
Hooligan (disambiguation), Hooligan (rapper), Hooligan (sternwheeler), Hooligan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
hooligan: Rhymezone
hooligan: FreeDictionary.org
hooligan: Mnemonic Dictionary
Hooligan: The Word Detective
hooligan: TheFreeDictionary.com
Hooligan: World Wide Words
hooligan: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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hooligan: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (informal, derogatory) A person who causes trouble or violence.
▸ noun:  (Navy slang, derogatory) A member of the coast guard.
▸ noun:  A type of fish, an anadromous smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus, found in the North Pacific.
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of football hooligan. [(UK) A violent and noisy football (soccer) fan who routinely fights with supporters of opposing teams, often the member of a firm.]

Similar:

bully, yobbo, yobo, ruffian, roughneck, yob, rowdy, tough, hool, hoolie, more...

Opposite:

gentleman, gentlewoman, lady, ladylike

Types:

ruffian, brawler, thug, lout, rogue, rascal, varlet, villain, more...

Phrases:

happy hooligan, football hooligan, Hooligan Sparrow, Hooligan Hefs, The Hooligan Factory, more...

Adjectives:

young, little, happy, drunken, real, literary, russian, local, british, erring, common

Colors:

green, black, red, blue, white, more...