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n. A tough and aggressive or violent youth.

n. A person that causes trouble or violence.

n. Originally, a member of a South London gang of young street rowdies said to have been led by one named Hooligan, who indulged in boisterous horseplay and breaches of the peace; hence, any street ruffian, especially one who is a member of an organized gang; a ‘hoodlum.’

To play the hooligan.

To assault in the manner of the hooligans.

n. a cruel and brutal fellow

"There was no interest in fighting, or engaging in any so-called hooligan behaviour."

aggressor    attacker    assailant    assaulter   

thug    lout    yob    yobbo   

hooliganism   

bullyboy    muscle    tough guy    skinhead    plug-ugly    muscleman   

Hooligan    хулиган   

troublemaker   

oppositional    law-breaking    tomboy    shantytowns    paint-smeared    larcenous    street-level    rain-sodden    gardant    fastest-growing