hoolivan

H4O1O1L1I1V4A1N1

noun

A police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches.

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Meanings

nounhoolivan (plural hoolivans)

plural hoolivans

  1. A police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches.

    Of course we played our part too and it's easy to look back with rose-tinted Armani shades but there was no two ways about it; the 'glory days' were over with CCTV, hoolivans, undercover Police operations, banning orders, jail sentences […]

    2014, Jason Allday, Junior, page 149

Origin

Blend of hooligan + van.

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APA

hoolivan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoolivan

MLA

“hoolivan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoolivan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoolivan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoolivan.

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