slob

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈslɒb/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/slɑb/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(slob)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
slob /slɑb/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a very sloppy or bad-mannered person.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
slob  (slob),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a slovenly or boorish person.
  2. British Terms[Irish Eng.]mud or ooze, esp. a stretch of mud along a shore.
  3. British Terms[Chiefly Canadian.]sludge (def. 5).
  • Irish slab(a) mud, mire
  • 1770–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
slob /slɒb/ n
  1. informal a slovenly, unattractive, and lazy person
  2. Irish mire
Etymology: 19th Century: from Irish slab mud; compare slabˈslobbish adj
'slob' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a [bunch, group, family, class] of slobs, he's a [lazy, filthy, rude, dirty, drunken, total] slob!, stop [being, acting like] such a slob!, more...

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