hoolie

Plural: hoolies

Noun

• Short for hooligan (“a young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group”).
• Alternative spelling of hooley (“a noisy celebration or party”).
• Alternative spelling of hooley (“a strong wind”).

Adjective

• Easy-going or slow in pace.

Examples

• A HOOLIE strategy in Words With Friends might involve playing only short, safe words.

Synonyms

agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, bhoy, blackguard, booger, boot boy, bovver boy, brat, brawler, breedbate, buffoon, bugger, bully, charva, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible, firebrand, gadfly, hell-raiser, hood, hoodlum, hool, hoolie, hooligan, hothead, imp, inciter, initiator, instigator, jackanapes, joker, jokester, kindle-coal, kindle-fire, knave, lout, makebate, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, pixie, pot stirrer, practical joker, prankster, puck, rabble rouser, rakeshame, rantipole, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, roly-poly, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, shit disturber, shit-stirrer, shitmonger, tearaway, thug, titivil, tough, troublemaker, undesirable, vandal, wag, wagpastie, wrangler, yob, yobbo