/ slɒb; NAmE slɑːb/ noun , verb
■ noun
( informal , disapproving ) a person who is lazy and dirty or untidy :
Get out of bed, you fat slob!
■ verb
( -bb- )
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PHRASAL VERBS
- slob around / out
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Irish slab mud, from Anglo-Irish slab ooze, sludge , probably of Scandinavian origin.