HOOLIGAN


Meaning of HOOLIGAN in English

/ ˈhuːlɪgən; NAmE / noun

a young person who behaves in an extremely noisy and violent way in public, usually in a group :

English football hooligans

►  hooli·gan·ism / -ɪzəm; NAmE / noun [ U ]

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: perhaps from Hooligan , the surname of a fictional rowdy Irish family in a music-hall song of the 1890s, also of a cartoon character.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.