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View usage for: (jɒb) Word forms: plural yobscountable nounIf you call someone a yob, you disapprove of them because they behave in a noisy, rude, and perhaps violent way in public. [British, informal, disapproval] Violent and dangerous yobs deserve to be locked up. Synonyms: thug, hooligan, lout, heavy [slang] More Synonyms of yob (jɒb) or yobbo (ˈjɒbəʊ) nounWord forms: plural yobs or yobbos British slang an aggressive and surly youth, esp a teenager Word origin C19: perhaps back slang for boy (jɑb) noun British, Slang a hoodlum or lout : also ˈyobbo (ˈjɑboʊ) Word origin inversion of boy Synonyms of 'yob'thug, hooligan, lout, heavy More Synonyms of yob Definition a bad-mannered aggressive youth Violent and dangerous yobs deserve to be locked up. Synonyms heavy (slang) hoon (Australian, New Zealand, slang) boot boy tsotsi (South Africa) cougan (Australian, slang) scozza (Australian, slang) bogan (Australian, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition a violent criminal, esp. one who is a member of a gang a small-time hoodlum attempting to go straight Synonyms thug, hooligan, ruffian, vandal, delinquent, rowdy, lout, tearaway (British), hoon (Australian, New Zealand), bruiser (informal), boot boy, yob or yobbo (British, informal), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang) Definition a young person who behaves in a noisy and violent way in public riots involving football hooligans Synonyms delinquent, tough, vandal, casual, ned (Scottish, slang), rowdy, hoon (Australian, New Zealand), hoodlum (US), ruffian, lager lout, boot boy, yob or yobbo (British, slang), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang), hoodie (informal) Definition a crude or oafish person a drunken lout Synonyms oaf, thug, hooligan, boor, bear, ned (Scottish, slang), yahoo, hoon (Australian, New Zealand, slang), clod, bumpkin, gawk, dolt, churl, lubber, lummox (informal), clumsy idiot, yob or yobbo (British, slang), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang) - yield
- yield to something
- yielding
- yob
- yoke
- yokel
- young
Additional synonymsDefinition a violent person The roughs of the town are out. Synonyms thug, tough, casual, rowdy, hoon (Australian, New Zealand), bully boy, bruiser (informal), ruffian, lager lout, roughneck (slang), ned (Scottish, slang), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang) Definition a violent person a rangy lantern-jawed roughneck Synonyms thug, heavy (slang), tough, rough (informal), rowdy, bully boy, bruiser (informal), ruffianDefinition a person like this The owner kept a baseball bat to deal with rowdies. Synonyms hooligan, tough, rough (informal), casual, ned (Scottish, slang), brawler, yahoo, lout, troublemaker, tearaway (British), ruffian, lager lout, boot boy, yob or yobbo (British, slang), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang) Definition a violent lawless person gangs of ruffians who lurk about Synonyms thug, heavy (slang), tough, rough (informal), bully, casual, villain, ned (Scottish, slang), rogue, hooligan, brute, rowdy, rascal, scoundrel (old-fashioned), hoodlum (informal), bully boy, bruiser (informal), wretch, yardie, lager lout, roughneck (slang), miscreant, boot boy, tsotsi (South Africa), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang), wrong 'un (slang) Definition a rough, vicious, or violent person Three burly toughs elbowed their way to the front. Synonyms ruffian, heavy (slang), rough (informal), bully, thug, hooligan, brute, rowdy, bravo, bully boy, bruiser (informal), roughneck (slang), boot boy, tsotsi (South Africa) Definition a crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person a typical City merchant banking yahoo Synonyms philistine, savage, lout, beast, barbarian, brute, rowdy, hoon (Australian, New Zealand), roughneck (slang), boor, churl, yob or yobbo (British, slang), cougan (Australian, slang), scozza (Australian, slang), bogan (Australian, slang) |