Gurriers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A group of mischievous or troublesome young people, often engaging in playful pranks or minor acts of delinquency
2. Individuals known for causing minor disruptions or annoyances through their playful antics or cheeky behavior
3. A term referring to unruly youths who often display boisterousness and engage in light-hearted mischief

Etymology: Irish English gives "gurrier" its best-known sense, a cheeky street kid, and its origin is genuinely unsettled. One candidate links it to a Scottish English dialect word "gurry," meaning a brawl, a dispute, or a growl, with the ordinary "-er" suffix added to name someone who does it. The other traces it to the French "guerrier," meaning "warrior," which would make it a distant cousin of "warrior" itself, entering English through a different route. Neither explanation has been proven, so the word's ancestry remains open. The plural "gurriers" is simply the standard form for a group of such young troublemakers, so its history is the same as that of the singular noun.