hooligan
noun
[ ˈhuːlɪɡ(ə)n ]
• a violent young troublemaker, typically one of a gang.
• "a drunken hooligan"
Similar:
hoodlum,
thug,
lout,
delinquent,
vandal,
ruffian,
rowdy,
troublemaker,
tearaway,
larrikin,
tough,
rough,
bruiser,
roughneck,
yob,
yobbo,
bovver boy,
lager lout,
chav,
hoodie,
keelie,
ned,
roughie,
hoon,
Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from Hooligan, the surname of a fictional rowdy Irish family in a music-hall song of the 1890s, also of a cartoon character.
