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hooliganize

hooliganize verb: to behave like a hooligan.

Verb

hooliganize (third-person singular simple present hooliganizes, present participle hooliganizing, simple past and past participle hooliganized)

  1. (intransitive) To behave like a hooligan.
  2. (transitive) To make (a person) into a hooligan.
  3. (transitive) To attack (a place) with hooligan behaviour.

Forms of hooliganize

third-person singular presenthooliganizes
present participlehooliganizing
past participlehooliganized
pasthooliganized

Origin of hooliganize

From hooligan + -ize.

Questions about hooliganize

What does hooliganize mean?
Hooliganize means to behave like a hooligan.
What part of speech is hooliganize?
Hooliganize is a verb.
What is the past tense of hooliganize?
The past tense of hooliganize is hooliganized.

Words near hooliganize in the dictionary

  1. hooliganish
  2. hooliganism
  3. hooliganisms
  4. hooliganistic
  5. hooliganistically
  6. hooliganize
  7. hooliganized
  8. hooliganizes
  9. hooliganizing
  10. hooliganry
  11. hooligans

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