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How to pronounce hooligan in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bully, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo
Type of aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
Has types bullyboy, muscle, muscleman, plug-ugly, skin, skinhead, tough guy

Examples of hooligan

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Well, that sent SOS into a tizzy, and he was mistaken for an Irish hooligan.
From the freep.com
This ability to flit between suave cruiser and utter hooligan never ceases to delight.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
A widow affectionately described him as having the eyes of a hooligan.
From the bloomberg.com
I'd own the 964 simply because it is such a huge hooligan hoot to drive.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
Entertaining if you're a hooligan, less so if you're just trying to make brisk progress.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
Balanced, responsive, grippy but also a hooligan if you switch off the electronic aids.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
Is there an American analogue to that persistent European scourge, the soccer hooligan?
From the theatlantic.com
Maybe that's why they moved him, and he landed a plum role as a hooligan.
From the independent.co.uk
As you'll see in the video I shot below, Goodwin drove like a hooligan.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Bully: a cruel and brutal fellow
  • (hooliganism) vandalism: willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
  • Green Street Hooligans is a 2004 British independent drama film about football hooliganism in England. It was directed by Lexi Alexander and stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. ...
  • "Hooligan" (released 8 November 1999) is a song by Embrace, which became their sixth Top 40 single (#18 in the UK), and the first from their second album Drawn From Memory. ...
  • Jesu00FAs Parra Ramu00EDrez (born January 11, 1972) is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler best known under the ring name Hooligan. He is currently working under the ring name Luciferno...
  • The Hooligan, A Character Study is a one-act play by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Coliseum Theatre in London on 27 February 1911 and ran for a month, being played both in the evenings and at matinees, for a total of about 42 performances.
  • Hooliganism refers to unruly, destructive, aggressive and bullying behaviour. Such behaviour is commonly associated with sports fans, particularly supporters of association football and university sports. ...
  • (Hooligans (album)) Hooligans is a two LP compilation album of The Who. Released by MCA Records in 1981, it focuses on Who songs from the 1970s with only the titles "I Can't Explain", "I Can See for Miles", and "Pinball Wizard" from the 1960s. The album reached number 52 on the US charts.
  • A person that causes trouble or violence