yob

/jɑb/
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Other forms: yobs

Definitions of yob
  1. noun
    a cruel and brutal fellow
    synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yobbo, yobo
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    bullyboy
    a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
    muscle, muscleman
    a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
    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
    Ted, Teddy boy
    a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
    type of:
    aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
    someone who attacks
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