Definition
bovver
noun
- trouble, fighting, or aggressive behavior; bother or annoyance
Usage: British slang; informal; often associated with 1960s–70s youth culture
Examples
- The gang was looking for bovver on the streets.
- He didn't want any bovver with the police.
- They wore bovver boots as part of their tough image.
- Stay out of bovver and you'll be fine.
- The neighborhood had a bovver problem back in the seventies.