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YOBO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yobo mean?
• YOBO (noun)
The noun YOBO has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: YOBO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cruel and brutal fellow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bully; hooligan; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; tough; yob; yobbo; yobo
Hypernyms ("yobo" is a kind of...):
aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker (someone who attacks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yobo"):
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)
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