Meaning

2 senses
  1. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.

    Flegel, Lümmel, Rüpel

    хулига́нxuligán

  2. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.

    Hanswurst, Tölpel

    an awkward stupid person

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Trump is a lout, because he talks and acts like a lout.

    Трамп — гопник, бо він говорить і діє наче гопник. — deniko

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
troublemaker:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
troublemaker:
a rude violent man:
bumpkin:

Origin

Of dialectal origin, likely derived from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop o

Of dialectal origin, likely derived from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”), from Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend forward, stoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”).

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