Usually means: Slang for a rowdy, aggressive youth.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. yob: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. YOB, yob: Merriam-Webster
  3. yob: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. YOB, yob: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. yob: Collins English Dictionary
  6. yob: Vocabulary.com
  7. Yob, yob: Wordnik
  8. yob: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Y.O.B, YOB, YoB, yob: Wiktionary
  10. yob: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. yob: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. YOB, y.o.b: Dictionary.com
  13. yob: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. The Yob, Yob (band), Yob (slang), Yob: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. yob: Rhymezone
  16. yob: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. yob: FreeDictionary.org
  18. yob: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. YOB: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. yob: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. YOB: Acronym Finder
  2. yob: A Word A Day
  3. YOB: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. yob: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. yob: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. yob: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (obsolete, costermongers, back slang) A boy.
noun:  (derogatory, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.
noun:  Initialism of year of birth.

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