Boor - English meaning

noun

(in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the great civilizations (greek, roman, christian).

Usage examples:

The city was besieged by the barbarians

adjective

Relating to ancient barbarians.

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Barbarian invasions

noun

An animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one.

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A wild beast

noun

A wild animal

noun

An uncouth or ignorant man or boy.

Usage examples:

That's tears and rust, not tears ‘in’ rust, you shower of bosthoons.

noun

A person who engages in rough or noisy fights or quarrels, especially habitually.

Usage examples:

The brothers were known as drinkers and brawlers, but not criminals

noun

A savagely violent person or animal.

Usage examples:

He was a cold-blooded brute

adjective

Characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence.

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A brute struggle for social superiority

noun

A person who is offensive and rude, and often violent

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Historians have portrayed him as a brute who won only because of superior troop strength., they had…

noun

A rude and mean-spirited person.

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This trio are used whenever some churl wants to have a pop at progressive rock

noun

A lump of earth or clay.

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Frost is essential for breaking up clods into manageable sizes

noun

A large, heavy shoe.

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Size-fourteen clodhoppers

noun

A person who moves in an awkward way

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Look where you're going, you great clodhopper., you're not coming in the house in those great clodh…

noun

A violent young troublemaker, typically one of a gang.

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A drunken hooligan

noun

An uncouth and aggressive man or boy.

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He ended up brawling with a lout outside a curry house

noun

A rude, stupid, or awkward man

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He’s such a lout.

noun

A big, clumsy person.

noun

A landlubber

noun

A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.

Usage examples:

A monster with the head of a hyena and hindquarters of a wolf

verb

Criticize or reprimand severely.

Usage examples:

My mum used to monster me for coming home so late

noun

Any imaginary frightening creature, esp. one that is large and strange

Usage examples:

To the whole world, he was a monster., a monster shark

noun

An uncivilized, unintelligent, or uncouth person (typically used of a man).

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The stereotype of the mechanic as a macho neanderthal

adjective

An extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age europe between c. 120,000 and 35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. the neanderthals were associated with the mousterian flint industry of the middle palaeolithic.

noun

One of the ancient people who lived in europe and asia from approximately 30,000 to 150,000 years ago

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A neanderthal skeleton

noun

A man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent.

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They are just big, clumsy oafs

noun

A big, stupid, awkward person, esp. a man

noun

A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.

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I am a complete philistine when it comes to paintings

adjective

Hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.

Usage examples:

There were displays to inspire even the most philistine of visitors

noun

A member of a non-semitic people of ancient southern palestine, who came into conflict with the israelites during the 12th and 11th centuries bc.

Usage examples:

The canaanites suffered a series of setbacks in the late 2nd millennium bc with attacks from the se…

adjective

Relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.

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Primitive mammals

noun

A person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society.

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Reports of travellers and missionaries described contemporary primitives

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

Noisy and disorderly.

Usage examples:

It was a rowdy but good-natured crowd

noun

A noisy and disorderly person.

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We are accused of being rowdies in the pub

noun

A violent person, especially one involved in crime.

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

Usage examples:

The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

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Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

noun

A violent person, especially a criminal.

Usage examples:

He was attacked by a gang of thugs

adjective

(of a substance or object) strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough handling.

Usage examples:

Tough rucksacks for climbers

noun

A rough and violent man.

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A gang of toughs

verb

Endure a period of hardship or difficulty.

noun

An unrefined person, especially one with newly acquired power or wealth.

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He is a jumped-up vulgarian

noun

A rude, noisy, or violent person.

Usage examples:

The young people, they have no religion, and the yahoos are coming home to roost.

exclamation

Expressing great joy or excitement.

Usage examples:

Yahoo—my plan worked!

noun

A rude, loud, unpleasant person, especially one who has little education

Usage examples:

"yahoo! i passed!" he shouted.