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hoolivan

hoolivan noun: a police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches.

Noun

hoolivan (plural hoolivans)

  1. A police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches.
    • Of course we played our part too and it's easy to look back with rose-tinted Armani shades but there was no two ways about it; the 'glory days' were over with CCTV, hoolivans, undercover Police operations, banning orders, jail sentences […]2014, Jason Allday, Junior, page 149

Forms of hoolivan

pluralhoolivans

Origin of hoolivan

Blend of hooligan + van.

Questions about hoolivan

What does hoolivan mean?
Hoolivan means a police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches.
What part of speech is hoolivan?
Hoolivan is a noun.
What is the plural of hoolivan?
The plural of hoolivan is hoolivans.

Words near hoolivan in the dictionary

  1. hooliganizing
  2. hooliganry
  3. hooligans
  4. hoolihan
  5. hoolihans
  6. hoolivan
  7. hoolivans
  8. hoolock
  9. hoolock gibbon
  10. hoolock gibbons
  11. hoolocks

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