yobbo

Other forms of yobbo

plural

yobboes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about yobbo

What does yobbo mean?

yobbo means "a cruel and brutal fellow".

How many syllables are in yobbo?

yobbo has 2 syllables: yob-bo. The stress falls on "yob". In IPA it is /ˈjɑˌboʊ/.

What is another word for yobbo?

Close synonyms include bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yobbo a common word?

yobbo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with yobbo?

9 words rhyme with yobbo. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.