yobbo

noun

ˈyä-bō How to pronounce yobbo (audio)
Definition of yobbonext
British
as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang some yobbo has been threatening shopkeepers in the East End

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yobbo
  1. thug
  2. criminal
  3. villain
  4. gangster
  5. pirate
  6. yob
  7. ruffian
  8. hooligan
Noun
  • The climax, in which Dwight and his crew beat a group of nameless Chinese immigrant thugs into submission after they’re used as cannon fodder by Cal Thresher to sabotage Dwight’s wind turbines, is more important to the plot and even uglier.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Like other Diablo games, Hades would support cooperative multiplayer, but in the Arkham games, groups of thugs would circle around the Dark Knight, comic-book style, waiting to be punched in the face.
    Jason Schreier, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of thug
Noun
  • Its undeniably a humanitarian crisis and a very real security threat because of drug cartels, criminals and terrorists crossing the border.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The Jordanians will soar like eagles to hunt you down, one criminal after another.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of criminal
Noun
  • Marlena’s John is an iconic hero, and unfailingly rescuing her from all matter of villains.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The film stars, of all people, Hugh Grant, who is said to have an amazing turn as a villain in the film.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of villain
Noun
  • Many Japanese action films are too much about fantasy, either Yakuza [gangsters] or serial killers.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Tyler takes aim at the masks people wear to hide from their true selves, evoking a middle-class gangster and a closeted religious zealot.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of gangster
Noun
  • Tickets went on sale Thursday for the illuminated tradition, a 1.5-mile crawl through the park with thousands of twinkling lights creating tunnels, elves, snowflakes, a basketball-tossing Santa, pirate ships and even dinosaurs.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • One young girl stared slack-jawed in shock at Rodrigo while the other crew of kids with her — including a few Care Bears and a pirate — grabbed handfuls of treats from her bowl.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of pirate
Noun
  • There’s certainly little warmth surrounding the past here, beginning with an eerie, cryptic prologue, set in 1973, that sees a rural wedding crashed by yobs in sinister, medieval-looking straw masks, followed by yellowing newspaper headlines that puzzle over the bride’s subsequent disappearance.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Johnson has more to worry about than just random yobs disrupting the call.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 31 Mar. 2020
Definition of yob
Noun
  • Then again, the fight scene did that on its own, sounding more refined than ruffian.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Despite their reputation as ruffians from the sticks, RSF troops are battle tested, disciplined, and armed to the teeth.
    Alex de Waal, Foreign Affairs, 27 Apr. 2023
Definition of ruffian
Noun
  • Ticking off the Traction Control also allowed my inner hooligan to loft the front wheel a wee bit in first and second gear as the Kawasaki quickly built revs.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Gatherings of white men in particular have historically cultivated an ominous vibe: think the Unite the Right rally, many European land wars, English football hooligans, or Congress.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 30 July 2024
Definition of hooligan
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