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Meaning of "bovver" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOVVER

Slang pronunciation of bother.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BOVVER

bovver  [ˈbɒvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOVVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bovver is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOVVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bovver in the English dictionary

The definition of bovver in the dictionary is rowdiness, esp caused by gangs of teenage youths.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOVVER


hover
ˈhɒvə
windhover
ˈwɪndˌhɒvə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOVVER

bouzouki
bovate
Bovet
bovid
bovine
bovine somatotrophin
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
bovinely
bovinity
Bovril
bovver boots
bovver boy
bow
bow and arrow
bow and scrape
Bow Bells
bow collector
bow compass
bow doors
bow legs

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOVVER

all over
all-over
cover
deliver
Denver
discover
driver
ever
flivver
forever
hiver
Hoover
however
lover
never
over
over and over
river
rover
server

Synonyms and antonyms of bovver in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bovver» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOVVER

Find out the translation of bovver to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bovver from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bovver» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bovver
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bovver
570 millions of speakers

English

bovver
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bovver
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bovver
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bovver
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bovver
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bovver
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bovver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bovver
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlägerei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bovver
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bovver
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bovver
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bovver
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bovver
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोव्हर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bovver
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bovver
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bovver
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bovver
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bovver
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bovver
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knokpartij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bovver
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bovver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bovver

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOVVER»

The term «bovver» is normally little used and occupies the 118.780 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of bovver
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOVVER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bovver» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bovver» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bovver

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOVVER»

Discover the use of bovver in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bovver and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bovver
Chris Brown was inhe front line of the wave of soccer violence that typified the sport inhose days. His life was dominated by those violent Saturday outings, and byhe pop music of the day. This book tells of his memories of the time.
Chris Brown, 2001
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Bovver Boys
All producers of BOVVER BOYS must give credit to the Author of the Play in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all instances in which the title of the Play appears for purposes of advertising, publicizing ...
Willy Holtzman, 1991
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Stitch London: 20 Kooky Ways to Knit the City and More
The size of your bit of Bag Bovver depends on the bag you want to bovver up. Before you start knitting, you need to grab your tape measure, a pen, a notebook with something like 'Knitting Stuff' scrawled on the cover, and your brain. Knit a Bag ...
Lauren O'Farrel, 2011
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Death of a Bovver Boy
This is one of Leo Bruce's most exciting novels, giving the reader an insight into the milieu of rebellious 1970s England, a world where prejudice is the order of the day and hostility and violence are the only means of survival.
Leo Bruce, 2013
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Boyd's Directory of Williamsport: Containing the Names of ...
... laborer, bds 208 Mulberry Bowen Isaac, conductor, h 705 Park av Bowen Maud, domestic, 523 Park av Bowen Paul I., elk, h 712 2d Bower Abram T., elk, 48 E 3d, h 700 Mulberry Bovver A. Frederick, hostler, bds 202 Market Bower Andrew, ...
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Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
'You want bovver?' was the standard challenge issued by skinheads. bover- botsbovver-boots n pl heavy boots as worn as part of the skinhead uniform in the late 1960s. Skinheads first wore army surplus boots, later adopting 'Doc Martens'  ...
Tony Thorne, 2014
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Bear Bovver
Bear Bovver is a computer game released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC and was developed by Jon Ritman.Ted's Sinclair electric truck has broken down and needs new batteries.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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Bizarrism: Strange Lives, Cults, Celebrated Lunacy
This was Bovver's idea of humour. Bovver was such an over-the-top individual in every way we tended to think of him more as a sort of cartoon character than a human being. Stories and rumours about him abounded. He had grown up in the  ...
Chris Mikul, 1999
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
bottled bottle-o(h) bottler botty bourgie bovver brannigan brass brassed off brass- hat brat pack. ladies. You could end up on the bottle (1976). verb 5 intr. To collect money. 1934–. 6 trans. naval To reprimand. 1946–. 7 to bottle out Brit To lose ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Hover Bovver
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hover Bovver is a 1984 game written by Jeff Minter released for the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit and a Windows version for the PC was released by Idigicon Limited in 2002.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOVVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bovver is used in the context of the following news items.
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BRISTOL ROVERS BLOG: Frankie Prince's Bovver Boots - The …
I've been racing against deadlines all my adult life so I have an idea what Darrell Clarke is going through at the moment. Normally it is the ... «Bristol Post, Jul 15»
2
11 of the best and worst stage invasions in pop history
A lad running up on stage and giving Mick some bovver takes his safety in his own hands. But a woman serenely dancing alongside Afroman at ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
3
Liberals open fire on Labor and Shorten
"The very soul of the Labor Party has been hijacked by a group of backroom bovver boys with no semblance of a moral compass, and the ... «9news.com.au, Jun 15»
4
In Paris, teenage kicks from Raf Simons and Rick Owens
His elongated tunics, military flourishes, heavy bovver-boots and models sporting attenuated fin-like dual mohicans or ratty, twisted nests of hair ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
5
Blur review – brilliance hits home loud and clear
And Albarn is in full Essex bovver-boy costume, pointing and bawling like a championship pub fighter – he races Phil Daniels across the stage ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
BRISTOL ROVERS BLOG: Frankie Prince's Bovver Boots - The gift …
BRISTOL ROVERS BLOG: Frankie Prince's Bovver Boots - The gift that keeps on giving. By The Bristol Post | Posted: June 18, 2015. By Nick Rippington ... «Bristol Post, Jun 15»
7
Tory bovver boy leads 'no' fight
TORY campaigners who kept Britain out of the euro, won a landslide victory in the AV referendum and destroyed Labour's plans for regional ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
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Patti Smith review – freewheeling rampage from the poet laureate of …
Patti Smith, 'bovver-booted and now unfeasibly lithe', performs at the Manchester Apollo on Tuesday. Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
9
Tommy Wilson: Mihi shone a light on darkness
It wasn't that many Matariki ago when the Bovver Boys of Maori political party leadership, Tuku and Tau, could bluff their way past the tough ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
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BRISTOL ROVERS BLOG: Frankie Prince's Bovver Boots - Never …
NOW I'VE come down from the ceiling, the overall feeling is not one of triumphalism but of total and utter relief. Because, make no mistake, ... «Bristol Post, May 15»

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