aggro


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ag·gro

 (ăg′rō)
n. Chiefly British Slang
1. Aggressive or violent behavior.
2. Irritation or exasperation: "Postponing new hospitals and roads causes far less aggro than sacking town hall or Whitehall workers" (Economist).
adj. Slang
1. Aggressive or violent.
2. Daring and skillful, especially in a sport such as surfing.

[Short for aggravation and aggression.]
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aggro

(ˈæɡrəʊ)
n
slang Brit aggressive behaviour, esp by youths in a gang
[C20: from aggravation]
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ag•gro

(ˈæg roʊ)

n. Brit. Informal.
1. aggressive behavior.
2. annoyance; irritation.
[1965–70]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.aggro - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggressionaggro - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression; "I skipped it because it was too much aggro"
provocation, aggravation, irritation - unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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Translations

aggro

[ˈægrəʊ] N (Brit)
1. (= violence) → agresividad f, violencia f
the crowd was looking for aggrola gente buscaba camorra
2. (= hassle) → líos mpl, problemas mpl
I'm not going, it's too much aggrono voy, es mucha lata
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

aggro

[ˈægrəʊ] n
(physical)grabuge m
(= hassle) → embêtements mpl
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

aggro

n (Brit inf)
(= aggression, bother)Aggressionen pl; don’t give me any aggromach keinen Ärger (inf)or Stunk (inf); I get aggro from my mother if …ich kriege Ärger mit meiner Mutter, wenn … (inf); she didn’t want all the aggro of movingsie wollte das ganze Theater mit dem Umziehen vermeiden; motorways are too much aggroAutobahnen sind zu anstrengend
(= fight)Schlägerei f; football fans looking for aggroFußballfans, die auf Schlägereien aus sind
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

aggro

[ˈægrəʊ] n abbr (Brit) (fam) (aggression) → aggressività; (problems) → grane fpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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ENGLAND v ARGENTINA JADE MOORE will have no problem if the traditional aggro between England and Argentina spills over into the World Cup.
They've turned aggro, pent-up frustration and total utter boredom into rampant, shouty, spit-fuelled, BO-inducing, agitated punk rock'n'roll.
The St Mirren manager was on hand to personally present the group, dubbed the North Bank Aggro, with PS150 to be used towards materials for new banners and displays between now and the end of the Championship campaign.
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T was the summer of 1972 and the Scotswood Aggro Boys were out and about.
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And when they pulled over to call police, they were "surrounded" by youths - the same ones they believe had also thrown the stones - who knocked the windows and gave them "aggro".
He said Punjab being the largest producer of agriculture and aggro residues (molasses, wheat bran, oilseed meals, rice polish etc) benefited greatly from the poultry sector as a consumer of more than 7 million metric tons of aggro based residues which in turn helped them keeping the cost of production of sugar, flour, rice, corn and edible oils etc, rationalized.
AS a distraction from England's laboured performances in summer football tournaments, we could always have fun watching the fall-out and aggro in the Dutch and French camps as they went into meltdown.
EMMERDALE (7pm ITV) KATIE'S worst fears come true tonight when Robert tells her that, after all the aggro she's caused, Chrissie has decided not to sell the farm to her and Andy.
SENIOR officers have been warned they face "aggro" over plans to shut police stations in Coventry.