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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 or yobbo

Noun

pl yobs or yobbos Brit, Austral & NZ slang a bad-mannered aggressive youth [perhaps back slang for boy]

yobbish adj

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 or yobbo

noun thug, hooligan, lout, heavy (slang) tough, rough (informal) rowdy, yahoo, hoon Austral., N.Z. (slang) hoodlum, ruffian, roughneck (slang) tsotsi S. African cougan Austral. (slang) scozza Austral. (slang) bogan Austral. (slang)

Translations

yob [ˈjɔb], yobbo [ˈjɔbəu] n (Brit) (inf) → loubar(d) m

yob [ˈjɔb], yobbo [ˈjɔbəu] (Brit) (inf) (pej) n → Rowdy m

yob [ˈjɔb], yobbo [ˈjɔbəu] n (BRIT ) (col) → bullo