"yob" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /jɒb/ [UK] Audio: en-au-yob.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-yob.wav Forms: yobs [plural]
enPR: yŏb [UK] Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: Backslang for boy. The second sense was likely influenced by hobnob and/or yokel. Head templates: {{en-noun}} yob (plural yobs)
  1. (obsolete, costermongers, back slang) A boy. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (boy): boy Related terms (boy): elrig (english: girl)
    Sense id: en-yob-en-noun-Qj6FwS2V Disambiguation of 'boy': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'boy': 82 18
  2. (derogatory, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Male people Synonyms (antisocial person): tearaway [British], chav [British], yobbo [Australian, slang], charva [Geordie, slang] Synonyms (antisocial person; standard register): hooligan Derived forms (antisocial person): yobbish, yobbo Translations (antisocial person): хулига́н (huligán) [masculine] (Bulgarian), brètol (Catalan), chuligán [masculine] (Czech), vandal [masculine] (Czech), renttu (Finnish), voyou m asocial [masculine] (French), houligan [masculine] (French), paumé [masculine] (French), pauv’type [masculine] (French), loubard [masculine] (French), blouson noir [masculine] (French), casseur [masculine] (French), Halbstarker [masculine] (German), Halbstarke [feminine] (German), Rabauke [masculine] (German), Rabaukin [feminine] (German), Rowdy [masculine] (German), Rowdyin [feminine] (German), Randalierer [masculine] (German), Randaliererin [feminine] (German), Hooligan [masculine] (German), Hooliganin [feminine] (German), Hool [masculine] (German), Hoolin [feminine] (German), μάγκας (mágkas) [masculine] (Greek), monello [masculine] (Italian), birichino [masculine] (Italian), хулига́н (xuligán) [masculine] (Russian), го́пник (gópnik) [masculine] (Russian), vándalo [masculine] (Spanish), gamberro [masculine] (Spanish), golfo [masculine] (Spanish), granuja [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), patotero [masculine] (Spanish), hincha (english: River Plate region) [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), buse [common-gender] (Swedish), bråkstake [common-gender] (Swedish), хуліга́н (xulihán) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-yob-en-noun-wclACwB5 Disambiguation of Male people: 21 79 Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of 'antisocial person': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'antisocial person; standard register': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'antisocial person': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'antisocial person': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian

Inflected forms

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          "text": "And you bet that each gal, not to mention each yob,\nDidn't care how much ooftish it cost 'em per nob.",
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          "ref": "2010, Paul R. Wilson, The Birthday of Eternity, page 209:",
          "text": "As we left the cemetery, I heard an elderly gravedigger muttering back slang to himself before Lucien's headstone. \"Bloody shame, ain't it? Doubt the yob did much living by eighteen.\"\nI corrected the man, saying, “No fear, that yob did plenty of living.”",
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          "ref": "2005 January 10, Melissa Jackson, “Music to deter yobs by”, in BBC News:",
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          "ref": "2009 August 8, Janet Daley, “The real reason for all those louts on holiday”, in The Telegraph:",
          "text": "Yes, it's holiday time again for British yobs – and the rest of us can flee to those parts of Abroad which the louts ignore, or just cringe in shame at home.",
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          "ref": "2017 March 27, Keiran Southern, “'We could have been killed': Fury at yobs who bricked windscreen with baby girl in car”, in Chronicle Live, retrieved 2017-03-28:",
          "text": "But while doing 70mph on the A1, a hooded yob threw rock^([sic – meaning a rock]) from a grass verge onto the windscreen of the family’s Jeep, causing it to swerve.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:",
          "text": "Three local yobs have also joined, but they have not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train!",
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          "word": "brètol"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "antisocial person",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "renttu"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "voyou m asocial"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "blouson noir"
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        {
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          "roman": "mágkas",
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          "english": "River Plate region",
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  "etymology_text": "Backslang for boy. The second sense was likely influenced by hobnob and/or yokel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yobs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yob (plural yobs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "girl",
      "sense": "boy",
      "word": "elrig"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Costermongers' back slang",
        "English back slang",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1897, A. R. Marshall, Pomes^([sic]) from the Pink 'Un, page 76:",
          "text": "And you bet that each gal, not to mention each yob,\nDidn't care how much ooftish it cost 'em per nob.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Paul R. Wilson, The Birthday of Eternity, page 209:",
          "text": "As we left the cemetery, I heard an elderly gravedigger muttering back slang to himself before Lucien's headstone. \"Bloody shame, ain't it? Doubt the yob did much living by eighteen.\"\nI corrected the man, saying, “No fear, that yob did plenty of living.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A boy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "costermongers; back slang; costermongers; back slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, costermongers, back slang) A boy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Commonwealth English",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 January 10, Melissa Jackson, “Music to deter yobs by”, in BBC News:",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 August 8, Janet Daley, “The real reason for all those louts on holiday”, in The Telegraph:",
          "text": "Yes, it's holiday time again for British yobs – and the rest of us can flee to those parts of Abroad which the louts ignore, or just cringe in shame at home.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 March 27, Keiran Southern, “'We could have been killed': Fury at yobs who bricked windscreen with baby girl in car”, in Chronicle Live, retrieved 2017-03-28:",
          "text": "But while doing 70mph on the A1, a hooded yob threw rock^([sic – meaning a rock]) from a grass verge onto the windscreen of the family’s Jeep, causing it to swerve.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:",
          "text": "Three local yobs have also joined, but they have not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "antisocial",
          "antisocial"
        ],
        [
          "drunkenness",
          "drunkenness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "Ireland",
        "UK",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "yŏb",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɒb/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-yob.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒb"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "boy",
      "word": "boy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antisocial person; standard register",
      "word": "hooligan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "word": "tearaway"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "word": "chav"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "Australian",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "yobbo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "Geordie",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "charva"
    },
    {
      "word": "bully"
    },
    {
      "word": "hooligan"
    },
    {
      "word": "roughneck"
    },
    {
      "word": "rowdy"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruffian"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "huligán",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хулига́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "word": "brètol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chuligán"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vandal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "word": "renttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyou m asocial"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "houligan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paumé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pauv’type"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loubard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blouson noir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "casseur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Halbstarker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Halbstarke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rabauke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rabaukin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rowdy"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rowdyin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Randalierer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Randaliererin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hooligan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hooliganin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hool"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hoolin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mágkas",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μάγκας"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "birichino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xuligán",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хулига́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gópnik",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "го́пник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vándalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gamberro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granuja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patotero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "River Plate region",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "Peru",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hincha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "buse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bråkstake"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xulihán",
      "sense": "antisocial person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хуліга́н"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "yob"
  ],
  "word": "yob"
}

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