hoolie
nounEtymology
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”.
Definitions
Short for hooligan (“a young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member…
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.
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.
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.
- The weather was fine when we first went in but unfortunately it started blowing a ‘hoolie’ in the evening.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA