slob

[ slob ]

noun

1. a slovenly or boorish person.
2. Irish English. mud or ooze, especially a stretch of mud along a shore.
3. Chiefly Canadian. sludge ( def 5 ).

slob

/ slɒb /

noun

1. informal.
   a slovenly, unattractive, and lazy person
2. mire

Derived Forms

• ˈslobbish, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of slob¹

1770–80; < Irish slab ( a ) mud, mire

Word History and Origins

Origin of slob¹

C19: from Irish slab mud; compare slab

Example Sentences

While in the embassy, he fathered two children with Moris and where he was apparently a slob who aggravated the staff.

From The Daily Beast

In one, by Caitlin Flanagan, the rioters were depicted as dumb slobs.

From Washington Post

Yet a man in a yacht is given preference over the poor slob in his car.

From The Daily Beast

I think you could make a case that Chuck Hagel is not an anti-Semite, but he has been—and may still be—a slob.

From The Daily Beast

Don Draper is an inarticulate slob compared to Richard Dawson.

From The Daily Beast

"I like it that way, you suspicious slob," Art Kuzak chuckled.

From Project Gutenberg

Roughing it is making the best of it; only a slob and a chump goes dirty and has a sloppy-looking camp.

From Project Gutenberg

Edouard was a lecher and a slob, and I have no doubt he got everything he deserved, but we have no notion who killed him.

From Project Gutenberg

Pal Arthur is all very well, but at bossing a bit of a slob.

From Project Gutenberg

Slob; a soft fat quiet simple-minded girl or boy:—'Your little Nellie is a quiet poor slob': used as a term of endearment.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• lout