Slob Meaning
/ˈslɒb/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA lazy and slovenly or obese person.
nounA member of the Bloods.
Sentence Examples
Tom is such a slob.
Your little brother has the face of a slob!
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His mother called him a ____ because he never cleaned his messy room.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
His roommate was a bit of a ____, always leaving dirty dishes and clothes all over the floor.
Word Origin & History
From Irish slaba. Compare slobber, which is of Germanic origin.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"What if God was one of us / Just a slob like one of us"
— 1995, Eric Bazilian, “One of Us”, in Relish, performed by Joan Osborne:
""Ladies and gentlemen, we have just begun our gradual descent into the Indianapolis area, a descent similar in many ways to the gradual slide of the United States from a first-class world leader to an aggressive, third-rate debtor nation of overweight slobs, undereducated slob children and aimless elderly people who can't afford to buy medicine. The current conditions in Indianapolis: Temperature sixty-one degrees, partly cloudy skies, winds from the southwest and intense Midwestern boredom.""
— 2004, George Carlin, “COMIN' DOWN”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 58:
"[…] save the placid Jemima who slobbed along as slowly and comfortable as a well-fatted pig returning from feeding-trough to stye."
— 1880, “Our Jemimas” […], page 12:
"Mitch slobbed down on to the sofa and plonked a foot on the table, his ankle right next to the offending device."
— 2008, Nick Oldham, Crunch Time, →ISBN:
"For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness."
— 1962, John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America, page 20:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His mother called him a ____ because he never cleaned his messy room.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
His roommate was a bit of a ____, always leaving dirty dishes and clothes all over the floor.