Explore Hooligan through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like bully or assailant. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hooligan meaning
- A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.
- Ellipsis of football hooligan.
- A member of the United States Coast Guard.
Synonyms of Hooligan
Using Hooligan
- The main meaning on this page is: A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group. | Ellipsis of football hooligan. | A member of the United States Coast Guard.
- Useful related words include: bully, assailant, aggressor, attacker.
- In the example corpus, hooligan often appears in combinations such as: football hooligan, happy hooligan, the hooligan.
Context around Hooligan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 3 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hooligan
- In this selection, "hooligan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, football, happy, irish, life, harrell and claims stand out and add context to how "hooligan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a football hooligan and a football hooligan claims to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hooligan" sits close to words such as ablation, abure and abvp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hooligan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And what triggered the black-clad hooligan? (7 words)
Football, he says, has a “hooligan” problem. (7 words)
Nick Irish-Hooligan Harrell: Wish there was affordable homes here. (10 words)
A young man puffing out his chest, sporting a Stone Island jacket, wearing a cap and clutching a can of Stella or a bottle of Buckfast (depending on which side of the border you sit) have become synonymous with 'the football hooligan starter pack'. (44 words)
Inevitably unable to sleep on his return to Manchester, he forced himself to watch a video of United’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace, and sat there “appalled” as he witnessed his star launch himself at hooligan Matthew Simmons. (40 words)
A member of Boca Juniors’ football hooligan gang was deported from Spain ahead of Sunday’s Copa Libertadores showdown against River Plate, police said on Thursday, amid a massive security operation for a game rescheduled due to violence. (38 words)
Photo by Avelino Calvar Martinez/BurstThe Hooligan: Why do I feel gross? (12 words)
And what triggered the black-clad hooligan? (7 words)
Do they worry that Memoirs glamorises the life of a football hooligan? (12 words)
Nicky’s arrival has amped up Sharky’s blood pressure even higher and what's worse, for an Irish reformed hooligan, he’s relying on 7-Up to try to level himself off! (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Happy Hooligan, Life reminded its readers, "became a national hero, not by making trouble, which Mr. Malik understands is the function of a hooligan, but by getting himself help.
Nick Irish-Hooligan Harrell: Wish there was affordable homes here.
Photo by Avelino Calvar Martinez/BurstThe Hooligan: Why do I feel gross?
The new eatery will follow the sports bar set-up/menu with a more open interior, mirroring the Webster Hooligan’s East Grill.
A "football hooligan" claims to have attended a three-mile charity walk in memory of the victims of the stabbings before "things got out of hand".
A young man puffing out his chest, sporting a Stone Island jacket, wearing a cap and clutching a can of Stella or a bottle of Buckfast (depending on which side of the border you sit) have become synonymous with 'the football hooligan starter pack'.
He's currently filming the football hooligan sequel Marching Powder and will star in an adaptation of the steamy Jilly Cooper novel Rivals on Disney+.
Nicky’s arrival has amped up Sharky’s blood pressure even higher and what's worse, for an Irish reformed hooligan, he’s relying on 7-Up to try to level himself off!
Videos of ultras assaulting fans after charging towards them have been posted to X (formerly known as Twitter) by hooligan accounts, with one including the caption: “This is Istanbul”.
A notorious hooligan barred from every football ground in the country was caught sitting in the front row of the corporate section at Tottenham's new stadium.
Inevitably unable to sleep on his return to Manchester, he forced himself to watch a video of United’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace, and sat there “appalled” as he witnessed his star launch himself at hooligan Matthew Simmons.
Instead of seeing consequences of what they campaigned for, the Daily Mail/ Mail on Sunday are acting like a drunk, ranting hooligan at the bus stop who just hurls mindless abuse at people they don’t like.
And what triggered the black-clad hooligan?
They “made the impression of belonging to football-hooligan groups and right-wing organizations” and caused “serious damage” to property, Medic wrote in a letter to the World Jewish Congress.
Vasily “The Killer” Stepanov, the former leader of Spartak Moscow’s hooligan firm, his hooligans as “Putin’s foot soldiers” in a BBC documentary.
A member of Boca Juniors’ football hooligan gang was deported from Spain ahead of Sunday’s Copa Libertadores showdown against River Plate, police said on Thursday, amid a massive security operation for a game rescheduled due to violence.
Do they worry that Memoirs glamorises the life of a football hooligan?
Football, he says, has a “hooligan” problem.
Guy Ritchie went on to cast him for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and his rough, British football hooligan performance put movie-goers off the hopeful medieval franchise.
Menzies tried on a new hooligan bruiser gimmick, in a new coat and hat and sporting a billy club.
Common combinations with hooligan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- football hooligan 7×
- happy hooligan 3×
- the hooligan 3×
- of hooligan 2×
- hooligan but 2×