hooligan
Syllabification: (hoo·li·gan)
Pronunciation: /ˈho͞oləgin/
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Definition of hooligan
noun
Derivatives
Pronunciation: /-ˌnizəm/
noun
Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from Hooligan, the surname of a fictional rowdy Irish family in a music-hall song of the 1890s, also of a character in a cartoon