hoolie

noun

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

   “In the last published figures for Level Two, The Posh clocked up enough arrests to place them in the top five for hoolie problems for the division, putting them in the same dubious bracket as Stoke and Cardiff.”

   “Offer ten seconds of your morning to make sure a new kid is nerded up nicely and what does he do only try to make himself look cool again! Only nobody is fooled. Not the students and not the teachers and certainly not the hoolies, 'hoolie' being short for ‘hooligan’, Richie Robinson at the helm.”

2. (Ireland, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of hooley (“a noisy celebration or party”).

   “The celebratory ceilidh at the Culag Hotel in Lochinver is still talked about. 'Oh, it was a fine evening,' one discreet woman said to me. 'A right damn wild hoolie!' a well-oiled friend enthused.”

   “Indeed, our Recording Date was only yesterday and, thanks to a myriad of ongoing so-called technical 'snafus' (more media lingo – you'll get used to it!), we didn't leave the studio (get me, eh?!) until one in the morning, after which our presenters, Jiz and Liz, were in a right fouler, so we all piled back to Jane's gaff for champagne on tap and a wild sort of hoolie that had cocaine and everything, […]”

3. (Scotland, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of hooley (“a strong wind”).

   “Bertie held mum's hand tightly as the wind was by now blowing a hoolie and Bertie did not feel very safe as he felt that he was close to being blown off his paws on more than one occasion.”

   “I am arriving at the view that we have probably all been battered and bruised by being flung about the cabin as the boat heels over on its ear. We have all felt queasy (at best) when the wind and tide are battling it out in a hoolie and got cold, wet and miserable.”

   “The weather was fine when we first went in but unfortunately it started blowing a ‘hoolie’ in the evening.”