The difference between Pikey and Yob
When used as nouns, pikey means a pike (fish), whereas yob means a boy.
Pikey is also verb with the meaning: to steal.
Pikey is also adjective with the meaning: associated with or filled with pike (fish).
check bellow for the other definitions of Pikey and Yob
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Pikey as a noun (informal):
A pike (fish).
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Pikey as an adjective:
Associated with or filled with pike (fish).
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Pikey as a noun (British, pejorative, offensive):
A working-class (often underclass) person; can vary from specifically Irish Travellers to gypsies or travellers from any ethnic background, but now increasingly used for any socially undesirable person, with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft, single-parent families and living on run-down estates.
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Pikey as an adjective (UK, slang, derogatory):
Associated with members of the above-mentioned underclass.
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Pikey as a verb (UK, slang, derogatory):
To steal.
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Yob as a noun (obsolete, costers, backslang):
A boy.
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Yob as a noun (pejorative, chiefly, British, Australia, NZ, slang):
A person who engages in antisocial behaviour and/or drunkenness.