That is among the various words meaning "hooligans" (7)
I believe the answer is:
rowdies
'hooligans' is the definition.
('rowdy' can be a synonym of 'hooligan')
'that is among the various words' is the wordplay.
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'among' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are placed among others).
'the various' is an anagram indicator.
'words' with letters rearranged gives 'rowds'.
'ie' put inside 'rowds' is 'ROWDIES'.
'meaning' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rowdies that I've seen before include "hooligans making it remain" , "Noisy and disorderly people" .)