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football hooligans

football hooligans is the plural of football hooligan.

Meaning of football hooligan

Noun

football hooligan (plural football hooligans)

  1. (UK) A violent football (soccer) fan who routinely fights with supporters of opposing teams and/or with police, often the member of a firm.
    • They speak of the respect among their peers that they hope their hooligan involvements will bring, and of "battle excitement," "the adrenaline racing," and "aggro" (short for aggression) almost erotically arousing. Indeed, Jay Allan, a leading member of the Aberdeen Casuals, a Scottish football...2010, Earl Smith, Sociology of Sport and Social Theory, →ISBN, page 22

Questions about football hooligans

What is football hooligans the plural of?
Football hooligans is the plural of football hooligan.

Words near football hooligans in the dictionary

  1. football fields
  2. football fruit
  3. football fruits
  4. football hooligan
  5. football hooliganism
  6. football hooligans
  7. football match
  8. football matches
  9. football minute
  10. football minutes
  11. football pie

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