hooligan

noun hoo·li·gan \ˈhü-li-gən\

: a usually young man who does noisy and violent things as part of a group or gang

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perhaps from Patrick Hooligan fl1896 Irish hoodlum in Southwark, London

First Known Use: 1896

Synonyms: bully, gangbanger, gangsta, gangster, goon, gorilla, hood, hoodlum, mobster, mug, plug-ugly, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough, toughie (also toughy), yob [British], yobbo [British]

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