hool

See also: Hool

English

Etymology

Clipping of hool(igan).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhuːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhul/
• Rhymes: -uːl

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

hool (plural hools)

1. (slang) Clipping of hooligan (“a young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group”).

   Synonyms: (slang) hoolie; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker

   • 2010, Herbert C. Covey, Street Gangs Throughout the World, page 25:

     Hooligans, sometimes referred to as “hools,” are predominantly a European phenomenon.

Anagrams

• holo, holo-

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hooli. Related to Finnish huoli.

Noun

hool (genitive hoole, partitive hoolt)

1. care

Declension

Declension of hool (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hool	hooled
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hoole
genitive			hoolte
partitive		hoolt	hooli
illative		hoolde hoolesse	hooltesse hoolisse
inessive		hooles	hooltes hoolis
elative		hoolest	hooltest hoolist
allative		hoolele	hooltele hoolile
adessive		hoolel	hooltel hoolil
ablative		hoolelt	hooltelt hoolilt
translative		hooleks	hoolteks hooliks
terminative		hooleni	hoolteni
essive		hoolena	hooltena
abessive		hooleta	hoolteta
comitative		hoolega	hooltega