lout
/laʊt
/noun
An uncouth and aggressive man or boy: he ended up brawling with a lout outside a curry house drunken louts...
- Greater Manchester is getting tough on drunken louts as part of a national crackdown on alcohol-related crime.
- The town's aggressive crusade against firework louts has been hailed as the must successful in years.
- A family of drunken louts have been sent to jail for train hooliganism and fighting police on the platform of a Railway Station.
Synonyms
ruffian, hooligan, thug, boor, oaf, hoodlum, rowdy, bully boy
informal yob, yobbo, tough, roughneck, bruiser, gorilla, yahoo
British informal chav, hoodie
North American informal lug
Australian informal ocker
Australian/New Zealand informal hoon
Origin
Mid 16th century: perhaps from archaic lout 'to bow down', of Germanic origin.