hoolie

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhuːli/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhuli/ Rhymes: -uːli Hyphenation: hool‧ie === Etymology 1 === From hool(igan) +‎ -ie (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== hoolie (plural hoolies) (slang) Short for hooligan (“a young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group”). Synonyms: (slang) hool; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A variant of hooley; the further etymology of etymology 2 sense 1 (“noisy celebration or party”) is unknown. Etymology 2 sense 2 (“strong wind”) is possibly from one of the following: borrowed from Orkney Scots hool(an) (“strong wind”) + English -ie (diminutive suffix). Hoolan is derived from Norn (unattested), from Old Norse ýlun (“howling, wailing”), from ýla (“to howl”) (ultimately onomatopoeic) + -un (suffix forming nouns). from etymology 2 sense 1. From “tulaidh” in Scottish Gaelic, often a prefix, indicating extremity, starkness, things taken to an ultimate extent, an absolute degree, which, lenited as “thulaidh” would be pronounced “hoolie”. ==== Noun ==== hoolie (plural hoolies) (Ireland) Alternative spelling of hooley (“a noisy celebration or party”). (Scotland) Alternative spelling of hooley (“a strong wind”). === References === === Further reading === hooliganism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “hoolie, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary. “hoolie, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.