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hooligan

 
Dictionary: hoo·li·gan   ('lĭ-gən) pronunciation
n.
A tough and aggressive or violent youth.

[Origin unknown.]

hooliganism hoo'li·gan·ism n.

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noun

    A person who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire: hoodlum, ruffian, thug, tough. Slang goon, gorilla, hood. See attack/defend, crimes.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a cruel and brutal fellow
  Synonyms: bully, tough, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hooligan, bølle, voldsmand

Nederlands (Dutch)
herrieschopper (m.n. bij voetbalwedstrijd), vandaal, vechtjas

Français (French)
n. - hooligan, voyou, vandale

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rowdy

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (νεαρός) ταραξίας, ταραχοποιός, χούλιγκαν

Italiano (Italian)
vandalo, attaccabrighe

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desordeiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
хулиган

Español (Spanish)
n. - vándalo, gamberro, matón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - huligan, buse

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
小流氓, 不良少年, 阿飞

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小流氓, 不良少年, 阿飛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 무뢰한, 불량 소년, 부랑아

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 悪党, 不良, よた者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) السفاح العضو في عصابه اجراميه, قاطع طريق ألخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בריון, חוליגן‬


 
 
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