Reverse Dictionary: HOOLIGAN

HOOLIGAN


ADJECTIVES
NEDDY pert. to the hooligan underclass → 2004 sl.
SCALLY pert. to a hooligan → 1990s sl.


NOUNS, PERSON
► BABY CREW the junior member of a hooligan gang → 1980s sl.
► BAD-JOHN a ruffian; a hooligan or miscreant → 1935 Caribbean
► BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel, a rogue; a hooligan, a ruffian → 1843 Anglo-Indian
► BASHI-BAZOUK a ruffian,  a hooligan, a thug → 1876 sl.
► BHANGRAMUFFIN a hooligan, a lout → 1997 UK Asian sl.
► BOGAN a rough lout or hooligan → 1984 Aust. sl.
► BOOTBOY a hooligan (wearing heavy boots) → 20C sl.
► BOVVER BOY a hooligan, usually a skinhead, and quite likely a football fan and member of the right-wing National Front → 1960s 
► FORK AND SPOON a lout, a hooligan → 1980s Aust. prison rhyming sl. for ‘hoon’
► GOON an ugly or despised man; a hooligan → E20 US sl.
► GURRIER orig., a Dublin street urchin; now usually: a rough, aggressive young man; a lout, a hooligan → 1936 Ireland colloq.
► HIBBER DE HOY an adolescent boy, esp. a hooligan → 1992 UK sl.
► LADDO a hooligan → 1990s sl.
► LAGER LOUT a hooligan fuelled by alcohol, esp. lager → 1987 UK sl.
► LARRIKIN a street rowdy, usually juvenile; a rough, a wild fellow; a hoodlum or hooligan → 1870 chiefly Aust.
► LARRIKINA a female larrikin → L19 sl., orig. US
► LARRIKINESS a female larrikin → 1871 chiefly Aust.
► LEERICAN a larrikin, a rowdy, a hooligan, a scamp → 1904 
► MOHAWK ► MOHOCK  a member of a band of aristocratic hooligans or street roughs who allegedly roamed the streets of London by night in the early 18th century and were suspected of ruffianism; hence, any hooligan or delinquent → 1711 arch.
 NED a hooligan, a thug, a petty criminal → 1959 sl.
 NEDETTE a female hooligan, thug, or petty criminal → 2006 sl.
► OAFO an oaf; a socially inferior fool; a large, slow-witted, clumsy person; a lout; a ruffian or hooligan → 1959 UK sl. 
► PUNK a young hooligan or petty criminal → 1917 sl., chiefly US
► RAGA ► RAGGA a hooligan, a lout; a ruffian → 1996 Black British sl.
► RAGAMUFFIN ► RAGGAMUFFIN a hooligan, a lout; a ruffian → 1996 Black British sl.
► RAMPER a street thug, a hooligan → L19 sl.
► SCAL a hooligan youth → 1967 sl.
► SCALLY a young man who may range from a lovable rogue to a hooligan; a rough youth; a ne’er-do-well → 1986 Brit. sl.
► UHLAN a young hooligan → 1997 Irish sl. (Bk.)
► WIDO a villain; a petty criminal; a rogue; a hooligan → 1935 Sc. sl.
► YAHOO an unrefined, loutish, uncultured person; a hooligan; a philistine → 1726 UK
► YOB a lout or hooligan → 1927 UK sl.
► YOBBO ► YOBO a lout; a hooligan; an uncouth ruffian; a derogatory term used of working-class youths → 1922 UK sl.