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How to pronounce yob in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yobbo, yobo
Type of aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
Has types bullyboy, muscle, muscleman, plug-ugly, skin, skinhead, tough guy

Examples of yob

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Life is tough enough without being handicapped by talking or writing like a yob.
From the economist.com
Unfortunately too many old stick in the muds think it's some type of yob sport.
From the theargus.co.uk
Mordern UK is facing a problem of a yob culture within middle and the lower classes.
From the guardian.co.uk
Yob Britain and the ladette culture was alive and well 80million years ago.
From the metro.co.uk
A man trying to make an honest living beaten to a pulp by a drunken yob.
From the thenorthernecho.co.uk
Yob supplements his business travel budget with mileage award tickets.
From the foxbusiness.com
John Prescott counter-attacked when a yob assaulted him on the street.
From the economist.com
Doom metal band YOB is among the leaders of the Eugene heavy music scene.
From the en.wikipedia.org
When someone pre-judges an entire community based on the acts of a single yob, defences kick in.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Bully: a cruel and brutal fellow
  • Yob is a doom metal band from Eugene, Oregon composed of Aaron Reiseberg, Travis Foster, and Mike Scheidt.
  • "Yob" is the first single off TISM's 1998 album www.tism.wanker.com.
  • (The Yobs) The Boys are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1976.
  • A person who engages in antisocial behavior/behaviour and/or drunkenness
  • Noun. A lout or hooligan. Derived from the backslang of boy.
  • An uncouth person. "I hope my children don't behave like yobs when Mum visits."
  • A collective pejorative for young people, favoured by adults and sections of the media. 'Yobbish' signifies aggressive / loutish behaviour.
  • Marketing target who cricket is on the one hand keen to enchant (Twenty20, beer sales) but also to discourage (having good time in between overs, etc).