lout

  • 101grebo * — Noun. 1. A lout. Derog. 2. A leather jacketed, long haired lout, and follower of rock music. Dated. Derog. 1970s 3. A person or follower of one of the rock music genres, such as goth or metal (heavy, death, nu etc), and who wears the associated… …

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  • 102hooligan — noun Syn: lout, thug, tearaway, vandal, ruffian, troublemaker; Austral. larrikin; informal tough, bruiser; Brit.; informal yob, yobbo, lager lout; Scottish; informal ned …

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  • 103yob — yobbo; noun; Brit.; informal Syn: lout, thug, hooligan, tearaway, vandal, ruffian, troublemaker, hoodlum, rowdy; Austral. larrikin; informal tough, bruiser; Brit.; informal lager lout; Scottish; informal ned …

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  • 104loutish — /ˈlaʊtɪʃ/ (say lowtish) adjective 1. characteristic of a lout, especially in terms of large size, clumsiness, etc. 2. coarse in manners or behaviour. {lout + ish1} –loutishly, adverb –loutishness, noun …

  • 105lob — ► VERB (lobbed, lobbing) ▪ throw or hit in a high arc. ► NOUN 1) (in soccer or tennis) a ball lobbed over an opponent or a stroke producing this result. 2) (in cricket) a ball bowled with a slow underarm action. ORIGIN originally in the senses… …

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  • 106ablaut — [ab′lout΄, äb′out; ] Ger [ äp′lout΄] n. [Ger < ab , off, from + laut, sound: see LOUD] patterned change of base vowels in forms of a word or in related words to show changes in tense, meaning, etc., as in the Indo European languages (Ex.: dr i …

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  • 107oik — /oyk/, n., pl. oicks, oiks. Brit. Slang. oaf; lout. [1920 25; of obscure orig.] * * * oik /oik/ (informal) noun 1. A crass witted, inferior person 2. A boor or lout 3. A cad 4. A chap, bloke (slightly derogatory) ORIGI …

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  • 108Belowt — Be*lowt , v. t. To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. [Obs.] Camden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 109Bumpkin — Bump kin, n. [The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave defines thus: Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe block, a long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore sayle and sprit sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde. Hence, a clumsy… …

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  • 110Chaw — Chaw, n. [See {Chaw}, v. t.] 1. As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid. [Law] [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. {Jaw}.] The jaw. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] {Chaw bacon}, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law) {Chaw tooth}, a grinder. (Law)… …

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