(~s)
If you call a boy or a man a ~, you disapprove of him because he behaves in a noisy, rude, and perhaps violent way in public. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Violent and dangerous ~s deserve to be locked up.
= lout
N-COUNT: usu with supp disapproval
(~s)
If you call a boy or a man a ~, you disapprove of him because he behaves in a noisy, rude, and perhaps violent way in public. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Violent and dangerous ~s deserve to be locked up.
= lout
N-COUNT: usu with supp disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012