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Noun: yob  yób
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. An uncultured, aggressive, rude, noisy troublemaker
    "The yobs caused chaos at the football match";
    - bully, tough [informal], hooligan, ruffian, roughneck [informal], rowdy, yobo [Brit, informal], yobbo [Brit, informal], scally [UK, informal], ned [UK, informal]

Derived forms: yobs

Type of: aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker

Encyclopedia: Yob