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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal A person regarded as slovenly, crude, or obnoxious.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Mud; mire; muddy land; a marsh or mire.
  2. n. Same as slobber, 2.
  3. n. One who is untidy in his habits and dress; a slovenly fellow.

Wiktionary

  1. n. informal, disapproving A lazy and slovenly person.
  2. n. derogatory A lazy, obese person.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a coarse obnoxious person

Etymologies

  1. From Irish slaba. (Wiktionary)
  2. Irish Gaelic slab, mud, from Old Irish, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal slabb, mud. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • Prolagus I left the school, I left my job
    You saw me looking like a slob
    When I was young you were the only fun in town...


    (Belle & Sebastian, by Belle and Sebastian) Aug 24, 2008

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‘slob’ has been looked up 2119 times, loved by 1 person, added to 11 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 6.