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Noun: hooligan  hoo-lu-gun
  1. An uncultured, aggressive, rude, noisy troublemaker
    - bully, tough [informal], ruffian, roughneck [informal], rowdy, yob [Brit, informal], yobo [Brit, informal], yobbo [Brit, informal], ned [UK, informal], scally [UK, informal]

Derived forms: hooligans

Type of: aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker

Encyclopedia: Hooligan

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