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fooligan

fooligan noun: a foolish or naive troublemaker.

Noun

fooligan (plural fooligans)

  1. (slang) A foolish or naive troublemaker.
    • Indeed, it is being erroneously taken for granted that this Suffrage foolery is a kind of game between the police and the fooligans.1909, The Academy and Literature, volume 75, page 44
    • CHANDLER: She's not my wife, she's not my wife you fool! You german fooligan! I went to high school I know what your country did to France!1999 January 16, Xena (Chis) Warrior Princess [username], “[FANFIC] TOW the Jigsaw”, in alt.tv.friends.fanfic (Usenet)

Forms of fooligan

pluralfooligans

Origin of fooligan

Blend of fool + hooligan.

Questions about fooligan

What does fooligan mean?
Fooligan means a foolish or naive troublemaker.
What part of speech is fooligan?
Fooligan is a noun.
What is the plural of fooligan?
The plural of fooligan is fooligans.

Words near fooligan in the dictionary

  1. foolheartiness
  2. foolhearty
  3. foolhood
  4. foolifies
  5. foolify
  6. fooligan
  7. fooligans
  8. foolin'
  9. fooling
  10. fooling about
  11. fooling along

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