slob

noun \ ˈsläb \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

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Definition of slob

1 : a slovenly or boorish person

2 : an ordinary person

just some poor slob

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slobbish

play \ˈslä-bish\ adjective

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slobby

play \ˈslä-bē\ adjective

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Examples of slob in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of slob from the Web

Advice columns are always directed at some other slob (or jerk or wing nut).

— New York Times, "Wisdom Dispensed With Slaps and Puns: A Sprightly History of Advice-Giving," 1 June 2018
The game takes pains to show mass protests over the unemployment rate spiking past 35 percent, never really acknowledging that even unemployed slobs can apparently afford to buy a capable android to cater to their every whim.

— kyle orland, Ars Technica, "Detroit: Become Human review: Robotic in all of the wrong ways," 24 May 2018
That’s what makes Sideways, whose wine-touring protagonist is actually a middle-aged slob, so relatable—and hilarious.

— cnt editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "The 45 Best Travel Films of All Time," 11 May 2018
In that way, Tully is a lot like Young Adult, where Theron’s Mavis is an immature slob, operating almost entirely on impulse.

— noel murray, The Verge, "After Tully, watch Charlize Theron in Young Adult," 4 May 2018
Luis Carlos de la Lombana is an amiable straight shooter as the family doctor, and Alfonso Rey does nicely as the colonel’s cruelly complacent slob of a lawyer.

— laura collins-hughes, New York Times, "Review: Betting on a Rooster in ‘No One Writes to the Colonel’," 2 Apr. 2018
Take a hit, and all your slob-problems will disappear.

— francesca serritella, Philly.com, "The Great Makeup Organization | Francesca Serritella," 15 Feb. 2018
But they were seated just across from two slobs, which spoiled the whole effect.

— linda fargo, Harper's BAZAAR, "Iris Apfel Opens Up About Her Ageless Style," 13 Feb. 2018
If a dish didn’t have to be cleaned, then maybe the slobs would have an argument.

— peter king, SI.com, "Ten Things I Think I Think: On the Coolest Drive of the Year, the Giants’ GM Job and Baker Mayfield," 11 Dec. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of slob

Irish slab mud, ooze, slovenly person

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First Known Use: 1861

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slob Synonyms

Synonyms

sloven;

Antonyms

neatnik;

SLOB Defined for English Language Learners

slob

noun

Definition of slob for English Language Learners

: a person who is lazy and dirty or messy
: an ordinary person

SLOB Defined for Kids

slob

noun \ ˈsläb \

Definition of slob for Students

1 : a sloppy or lazy person

2 : an ordinary person

The poor slob didn't deserve such bad luck.

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