Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fooligan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fooli-gan
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A foolish or naive troublemaker.

Slang

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Blend of fool + hooligan.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

fooligans (plural)

Questions

What does fooligan mean?: A foolish or naive troublemaker.
Where does fooligan come from?: Blend of fool + hooligan.

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