hooligan.
A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.
Meaning & usage
A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.
Ellipsis of football hooligan.
A member of the United States Coast Guard.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Celtic *awyos Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi) Old Irish aue Irish uader. Irish óder. Irish Ó Irish uallachder. Irish Uallachán Irish Ó hUallacháinder. English Houlihander. English hooligan Probably a variant of the Irish surname Houlihan, 1890s.
To act as a hooligan (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
To treat (a person) roughly.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Celtic *awyos Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi) Old Irish aue Irish uader. Irish óder. Irish Ó Irish uallachder. Irish Uallachán Irish Ó hUallacháinder. English Houlihander. English hooligan Probably a variant of the Irish surname Houlihan, 1890s.
A type of fish, an anadromous smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus, found in the North Pacific.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon ulakan, from Clatsop Chinook, with spelling and pronunciation influenced by the preceding.
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