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Definition of hooligan
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Examples of hooligan in a Sentence
The windows were broken by a gang of teenage hooligans.
shouldn't you hooligans be in school instead of threatening old ladies?
Recent Examples of hooligan from the Web
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The Russian hooligans had martial arts training and left several England fans badly hurt, including one in a coma.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Terrorists, hooligans and anti-corruption protesters.
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Since Shprygin is a former hooligan himself, his banishment has been seen as a sign that the Russian authorities didn’t want to appear to be backing violent fans ahead of the World Cup.
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IF THE WINTER-SPORTS world were high school, snowmobiles would be the hooligans smoking in the bathroom.
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In the wee hours of Feb. 2, a group of six intoxicated hooligans threw snowballs at the Rabbit Ears Motel sign and tried to hoist one of their crew onto the historic sign to take a photo.
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Their facelessness also conveyed a faint sense of menace, as if these were the distant, Plato-quoting cousins of the balaclava-wearing hooligans who are a regular presence at nationalist marches throughout Europe.
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Scottish hooligan Stephen Stapley was visited in his Paris hospital bed today by a French judge who arrived not bearing flowers.
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Origin and Etymology of hooligan
perhaps from Patrick Hooligan flourished 1896 Irish hoodlum in Southwark, London
HOOLIGAN Defined for English Language Learners
hooligan
playDefinition of hooligan for English Language Learners
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: a usually young man who does noisy and violent things as part of a group or gang
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