yob

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

yob(n = noun.person) bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yobbo, yobo - a cruel and brutal fellow;

is a kind of aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker

has particulars: bullyboy, muscle, muscleman, skinhead, plug-ugly, tough guy

yob, n. Brit. sl. a lout or hooligan.

Derivative

yobbish adj. yobbishly adv. yobbishness n.

Etymology

back sl. for BOY