Standard Lemma guide

slob

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈslɒb/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈslɑb/
  • rhymes with -ɒb
  • CMU ARPABET: S L AA1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A lazy and slovenly or obese person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, informal

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of the Bloods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

Qualifier: Crip slang

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To move slowly or cumbersomely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To act like a slob, in a lazy or slovenly way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To slop or spatter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To drool or slobber; to talk while slobbering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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7

verb

Meaning 7

To perform fellatio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: vulgar

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a coarse obnoxious person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sloven, pig, slovenly person

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vulgarian

Narrower terms: litterer, litterbug, litter lout, slattern, slut, slovenly woman, trollop

History

Etymology

From Irish slaba. Compare slobber, which is of Germanic origin.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: flákač — lazy, slovenly person
  • Czech: povaleč — lazy, slovenly person
  • Czech: povalečka — lazy, slovenly person
  • Czech: zahaleč — lazy, slovenly person
  • Czech: darmošlap — lazy, slovenly person
  • Danish: dovenlars — lazy, slovenly person
  • Danish: dovendidrik — lazy, slovenly person
  • Dutch: luiaard — lazy, slovenly person
  • Finnish: laiskuri — lazy, slovenly person
  • Finnish: vetelys — lazy, slovenly person
  • Finnish: vätys — lazy, slovenly person
  • French: souillon — lazy, slovenly person
  • French: flemmard — lazy, slovenly person
  • German: Dreckspatz — lazy, slovenly person
  • German: Schmutzfink — lazy, slovenly person
  • German: Penner — lazy, slovenly person
  • German: Schlampe — lazy, slovenly person
  • Gujarati: આળસી (āḷsī) — lazy, slovenly person
  • Hungarian: lompos — lazy, slovenly person
  • Hungarian: trehány — lazy, slovenly person
  • Hungarian: rendetlen — lazy, slovenly person
  • Hungarian: lusta alak — lazy, slovenly person
  • Ingrian: vetelys — lazy, slovenly person
  • Italian: sciattone — lazy, slovenly person
  • Italian: lazzarone — lazy, slovenly person
  • Japanese: 無精者 (bushōmono) — lazy, slovenly person
  • Japanese: 怠け者 (namakemono) — lazy, slovenly person
  • Māori: kauae — lazy, slovenly person
  • Māori: kauwae — lazy, slovenly person
  • Norwegian: slask — lazy, slovenly person
  • Polish: bałaganiarz — lazy, slovenly person
  • Polish: bałaganiara — lazy, slovenly person
  • Polish: bałaganiarka — lazy, slovenly person
  • Russian: неря́ха (nerjáxa) — lazy, slovenly person
  • Russian: растрёпа (rastrjópa) — lazy, slovenly person
  • Russian: замара́шка (zamaráška) — lazy, slovenly person
  • Russian: грязну́ля (grjaznúlja) — lazy, slovenly person
  • Serbo-Croatian: aljkavac — lazy, slovenly person
  • Slovak: bordelár — lazy, slovenly person
  • Slovak: šlendrián — lazy, slovenly person
  • Slovak: neporiadnik — lazy, slovenly person
  • Spanish: vago — lazy, slovenly person
  • Spanish: zángano — lazy, slovenly person
  • Spanish: dejado — lazy, slovenly person
  • Spanish: adán — lazy, slovenly person
  • Spanish: desastrado — lazy, slovenly person
  • Spanish: descuidado — lazy, slovenly person
  • Spanish: zarrapastroso — lazy, slovenly person
  • Arabic: تَنْبَل (tanbal) — lazy, obese person
  • Finnish: vätys — lazy, obese person
  • French: lambin — lazy, obese person
  • German: Faulpelz — lazy, obese person
  • Hungarian: tohonya alak — lazy, obese person
  • Hungarian: nagydarab ember — lazy, obese person
  • Hungarian: hájfej — lazy, obese person
  • Malay: pemalas — lazy, obese person
  • Russian: толстя́к (tolstják) — lazy, obese person
  • Russian: толсту́ха (tolstúxa) — lazy, obese person
  • Russian: толсту́шка (tolstúška) — lazy, obese person
  • Russian: лентя́й (lentjáj) — lazy, obese person
  • Russian: лентя́йка (lentjájka) — lazy, obese person
  • Russian: ло́дырь (lódyrʹ) — lazy, obese person