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yob
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yob

noun \ˈyäb\

Definition of YOB

British
: yobbo
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Examples of YOB

  1. A couple of yobs damaged his car.
  2. <the complaint that English football has been taken over by the yobs, who make the stadiums unfit for families>

Origin of YOB

backward spelling for boy
First Known Use: 1908

Related to YOB

Synonyms
bully, gangbanger, gangsta, gangster, goon, gorilla, homeboy, homey (or homie), hood, hooligan, mobster, mug, plug-ugly, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough, toughie (also toughy), hoodlum [British], yobbo [British]

Rhymes with YOB

Ab, blob, bob, cob, daub, fob, glob, gob, hob, job, knob, lob, mob, nob, rob, slob, snob, sob, squab, stob, swab, throb

YOB

abbreviation

Definition of YOB

year of birth

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