hooligan

[US]/'huːlɪg(ə)n/
[UK]/'hulɪɡən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small-time gangster, a street thug

Phrases & Collocations

football hooligan

Example Sentences

most mindless hooligans are fuelled by alcohol.

hooligans showered him with rotten eggs.

The hooligan ended up dead in a car accident.

He struck the hooligan down with his fist.

What are we going to do with these hooligans?

He rushed into the midst of the hooligans and laid about him fearlessly.

Some shopkeepers closed early to prevent the wholesale destruction of their property by the hooligans.

Real-world Examples

Those who had to describe the day of soccer hooligan performed the worse.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

They were primed for a soccer hooligan, for a secretary, or for a professor.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

Baffling, right? We were necking like a couple of hooligans under the school bleachers.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

No I-I refuse to pay blackmail to some hooligan who's stolen from us twice.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

" Bloody hooligans, " Ove mutters, and grips the rifle a little more firmly when he hears that.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

Attracting people dedicated (and thick-skinned) enough to fend off special interests and trolls (internet hooligans) is tough.

Source: The Economist - International

The North traditionally uses trois insults to bait South Korea, often calling its leaders as puppets, hooligans and dogs.

Source: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

One of the first to appear in court for looting was a 31-year-old teaching assistant: hardly an identikit hooligan.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

A roving gang of hooligans destroyed your sprinklers?

Source: Desperate Housewives Video Version Season 7

Last year, those hooligans duct taped Soos to the ceiling.

Source: Gravity Falls Season 2

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