YOB

YOB

abbr.

year of birth

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yob

 (yŏb)

n. Chiefly British Slang

A rowdy, aggressive, or violent young man.

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[Alteration of boy (spelled backward).]

yob

(jɒb) or yobbo

n, pl yobs or yobbos

1. (Sociology) 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]

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

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