slob
slob Lexical Profile
slob Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who is habitually lazy, untidy, and careless in appearance or habits.
"Sharing an apartment was difficult because his roommate was a total slob who never washed a single dish."
Irish Soft mud, mire, or thick, slushy sediment, especially along a tidal shore or estuary.
"The wading birds probed the coastal slob for worms and small crustaceans as the tide receded."
• verb
British To behave in a lazy, idle, and untidy manner (usually followed by 'around' or 'about').
"After a demanding week of exams, he spent the entire Sunday slobbing around the house in his sweatpants."
• Rhymes for slob
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the late 18th century in Hiberno-English meaning 'mud' or 'ooze,' derived from the Irish 'slab' of the same meaning. The figurative sense referring to a sloppy, dull, or untidy person emerged in the mid-19th century.