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Definition of yob in English: yobnoun jɒbjɑb British informal A rude, noisy, and aggressive young person. Example sentencesExamples - He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on thugs and drunken yobs.
- The forum thinks night life in Kingston is only for the noisy, the rowdy and drug-taking yobs.
- Lives could be put at risk by yobs vandalising water hydrants so they can cool down in warm weather.
- Police say a clampdown on louts is working after two teenage yobs were hauled before the courts.
- He was knocked to the ground and kicked repeatedly in the face by the yobs who threatened to kill him unless he handed over cash.
- A school is having to fork out to buy security cameras after yobs broke in and embarked on a spree of vandalism.
- Drastic measures need to be taken such as dusk to dawn curfews on thugs and yobs roaming our neighbourhood.
- A popular skate park could be closed down because problems with yobs have reached crisis point.
- However there is a hardcore of yobs and vandals who don't give a monkeys about fox hunting.
- Schoolboy Will Greer watched in horror as two yobs rode off on his prized BMX bike.
- A woman who is a repeat victim of car vandals has hit out against the yobs who damage property.
- Traders in the area, off London Road, have been heavily targeted in the past by vandals and yobs.
- Residents have appealed for police patrols to be stepped up to rid an estate of yobs and vandals.
- Residents are being driven out of their homes by young yobs and hooligans who are making their lives a misery.
- The brothers were described as yobs and louts by the judge in the Damilola trial.
- We have let these people down - the yobs and their yob parents - and now we are paying the price.
- They urged police to crack down on racist yobs before youths took the law into their own hands.
- You have restored my faith in human nature and it proves that not all young people are yobs or thugs.
- Most vandals and yobs are created by irresponsible and neglectful parents.
- Police today launched an eight-week blitz on drunken yobs around Greater Manchester.
Synonyms lout, boor, barbarian, neanderthal, churl, clown, gawk, hulk, bumpkin, yokel
Derivatives adjective ˈjɒbɪʃˈjɑbɪʃ British informal (especially of a young person) rude, noisy, and aggressive. a crackdown on drunken and yobbish behaviour in the city Example sentencesExamples - a yobbish bunch of kids trashed the school bus
- His 16-year-old daughter Samantha and son Tom, 13, have been caught up in drugs, joyriding and yobbish behaviour.
- The yobbish city culture takes over when two opposing football clubs meet.
- It is extremely encouraging the campaign has succeeded in mobilising people to take action against yobbish and anti-social behaviour.
adverb British informal Last week he was at it again, demanding punishment of the utmost severity for footballers who behave yobbishly on the pitch. Example sentencesExamples - Am I saying that all yobbishly named wines are awful?
- I had gone out with some girls I'd met and got so drunk that I was yobbishly being sick in the street.
noun British informal There has to be an end to the drunken yobbishness which has been a problem in the past. Example sentencesExamples - The clampdown on yobbishness by the youngest pupils is designed to nip the problem in the bud before the children reach secondary school, where teachers face the worst discipline problems.
- The yobbishness of the youth continues to make headlines.
adjectiveyobbiest, yobbierˈjɒbiˈjɑbi British informal (especially of a young person) rude, noisy, and aggressive. Example sentencesExamples - yobby behaviour is being dealt with
- Yobby behaviour is being dealt with.’
- What I hate about the magazine is its yobby tone.
Origin Mid 19th century: back slang for boy. This is an example of back slang, in which people say words as though they were spelled backwards. It is a reverse form of boy, and originally, in the mid 19th century, simply meant ‘a boy or youth’. Now a yob is a rude, noisy, or aggressive one.
Rhymes blob, bob, cob, dob, fob, glob, gob, hob, job, lob, mob, nob, rob, slob, snob, sob, squab, stob, swab, throb Definition of yob in US English: yobnounyäbjɑb British informal A rude, noisy, and aggressive young person. Example sentencesExamples - We have let these people down - the yobs and their yob parents - and now we are paying the price.
- You have restored my faith in human nature and it proves that not all young people are yobs or thugs.
- Most vandals and yobs are created by irresponsible and neglectful parents.
- Residents are being driven out of their homes by young yobs and hooligans who are making their lives a misery.
- Lives could be put at risk by yobs vandalising water hydrants so they can cool down in warm weather.
- He was knocked to the ground and kicked repeatedly in the face by the yobs who threatened to kill him unless he handed over cash.
- Schoolboy Will Greer watched in horror as two yobs rode off on his prized BMX bike.
- They urged police to crack down on racist yobs before youths took the law into their own hands.
- Police today launched an eight-week blitz on drunken yobs around Greater Manchester.
- The forum thinks night life in Kingston is only for the noisy, the rowdy and drug-taking yobs.
- He said tougher standards were needed to crack down on thugs and drunken yobs.
- However there is a hardcore of yobs and vandals who don't give a monkeys about fox hunting.
- Drastic measures need to be taken such as dusk to dawn curfews on thugs and yobs roaming our neighbourhood.
- A school is having to fork out to buy security cameras after yobs broke in and embarked on a spree of vandalism.
- Traders in the area, off London Road, have been heavily targeted in the past by vandals and yobs.
- Residents have appealed for police patrols to be stepped up to rid an estate of yobs and vandals.
- A popular skate park could be closed down because problems with yobs have reached crisis point.
- Police say a clampdown on louts is working after two teenage yobs were hauled before the courts.
- A woman who is a repeat victim of car vandals has hit out against the yobs who damage property.
- The brothers were described as yobs and louts by the judge in the Damilola trial.
Synonyms lout, boor, barbarian, neanderthal, churl, clown, gawk, hulk, bumpkin, yokel
Origin Mid 19th century: back slang for boy. |