yob

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YOB

abbr.

year of birth

yob

(yŏb)

n. Chiefly British Slang

A rowdy, aggressive, or violent young man.

[Alteration of boy (spelled backward).]

yob

(jɒb) or

yobbo

n, pl yobs or yobbos

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

[C19: perhaps back slang for boy]

yob

(yɒb)

n. Brit. Slang.

a teenage lout or hooligan.

[1855–60; a consciously reversed form of boy]

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Noun

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

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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