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    YOBBO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A cruel and brutal fellowplay

    Synonyms:

    bully; hooligan; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; tough; yob; yobbo; yobo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("yobbo" is a kind of...):

    aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker (someone who attacks)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yobbo"):

    bullyboy (a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction)

    muscle; muscleman (a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard)

    skin; skinhead (a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent)

    plug-ugly; tough guy (someone who bullies weaker people)

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