YOB

YOB

abbr.

year of birth

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yob  (yb)

n. Chiefly British Slang

A rowdy, aggressive, or violent young man.

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[Alteration of boy (spelled backward).]

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yob [jɒb], yobbo [ˈjɒbəʊ]

n pl yobs, yobbos

(Sociology) Brit slang an aggressive and surly youth, esp a teenager

[perhaps back slang for boy]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

yob - a cruel and brutal fellow             bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yobbo, yobo, tough aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks bullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction muscleman, muscle - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him" skinhead - a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations plug-ugly, tough guy - someone who bullies weaker people

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yob yobbo

noun thug, hooligan, lout, heavy (slang), tough, rough (informal), rowdy, yahoo, hoon (Austral. & N.Z. slang), hoodlum, ruffian, roughneck (slang), boot boy, tsotsi (S. African) Violent and dangerous yobs deserve to be locked up.

Translations

yob [ˈjɒb] yobbo [ˈjɒbəʊ] N (Brit) → vándalo m, gamberro m (Sp)

yob [ˈjɒb] n (British) → loubard m >

yob

n (Brit inf) → Halbstarke(r) m, → Rowdy m

yob [ˈjɒb] yobbo [ˈjɒbəʊ] n (Brit) (fam) → teppista m/f

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yob [ˈjɒb] yobbo [ˈjɒbəʊ] n (Brit) (fam) → teppista m/f