slob
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slob

noun \ˈsläb\

Definition of SLOB

1
: a slovenly or boorish person
2
: an ordinary person <just some poor slob>
slob·bish \ˈslä-bish\ adjective
slob·by \-bē\ adjective

Examples of SLOB

  1. Some poor slob got robbed.
  2. <a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers>

Origin of SLOB

Irish slab mud, ooze, slovenly person
First Known Use: 1861

Related to SLOB

Synonyms
sloven
Antonyms
neatnik, old maid

Rhymes with SLOB

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