yob
/jɒb/US/jɑb/
yob noun: a boy.
Noun (1)
yob (plural yobs)
- A boy.
- And you bet that each gal, not to mention each yob,
Didn't care how much ooftish it cost 'em per nob.1897, A. R. Marshall, Pomes^([sic]) from the Pink 'Un, page 76 - As we left the cemetery, I heard an elderly gravedigger muttering back slang to himself before Lucien's headstone. "Bloody shame, ain't it? Doubt the yob did much living by eighteen."
- I corrected the man, saying, “No fear, that yob did plenty of living.”2010, Paul R. Wilson, The Birthday of Eternity, page 209
- Synonyms:
- boy
- And you bet that each gal, not to mention each yob,
- A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.
- Yes, it's holiday time again for British yobs – and the rest of us can flee to those parts of Abroad which the louts ignore, or just cringe in shame at home.2009 August 8, Janet Daley, “The real reason for all those louts on holiday”, in The Telegraph
- But while doing 70mph on the A1, a hooded yob threw rock^([sic – meaning a rock]) from a grass verge onto the windscreen of the family’s Jeep, causing it to swerve.2017 March 27, Keiran Southern, “'We could have been killed': Fury at yobs who bricked windscreen with baby girl in car”, in Chronicle Live, retrieved 28 Mar 2017
Noun (2) capitalized: YOB
YOB
Phrase capitalized: YoB
YoB
- Alternative spelling of YOB (year of birth)
Synonyms of yob
Forms of yob
| plural | yobs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Y.O.B. |
| alternative form | Y. O. B. |
| alternative form | YoB |
| alternative form | y.o.b. |
| alternative form | y. o. b. |
Origin of yob
Backslang for boy. The second sense was likely influenced by hobnob and/or yokel.
Words formed from yob
Words that rhyme with yob
Questions about yob
- What does yob mean?
- Yob means a boy.
- What part of speech is yob?
- Yob can be a noun or a phrase.
- How do you pronounce yob?
- Yob is pronounced /jɒb/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yob?
- The plural of yob is yobs.
Words near yob in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yob (page history and authors); YOB (page history and authors); YoB (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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