fooligan

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noun

A foolish or naive troublemaker.

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Meanings

nounfooligan (plural fooligans)

plural fooligans

  1. slangA foolish or naive troublemaker.

    Indeed, it is being erroneously taken for granted that this Suffrage foolery is a kind of game between the police and the fooligans.

    1909, The Academy and Literature, volume 75, page 44
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    CHANDLER: She's not my wife, she's not my wife you fool! You german fooligan! I went to high school I know what your country did to France!

    1999 January 16, Xena (Chis) Warrior Princess [username], “[FANFIC] TOW the Jigsaw”, in alt.tv.friends.fanfic (Usenet)

    A lot of these rappers that come in here could break out in a major way if they wasn't so busy slanging and bangin' and acting like a bunch of fooligans.

    2009, Noire, Hittin' the Bricks, One World Books, →ISBN, page 117

Origin

Blend of fool + hooligan.

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APA

fooligan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fooligan

MLA

“fooligan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fooligan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fooligan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fooligan.

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