1
: a slovenly or boorish person
2
: an ordinary person
just some poor slob
Examples of slob in a Sentence
Some poor slob got robbed.
a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers
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There’s a lot of resentment there, mostly from Kyle’s side, who still has an inferiority complex from the days of being the slob to Adam’s TV hunk, despite having ascended beyond his onetime screen partner on the comic-book movie ladder.
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Jack King, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
Figuring out what to wear on a plane to stay comfortable without looking like a total slob can be tricky.
—Niccolo Serratt, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024
The old Honor had an ambitious cocktail program but managed to hold an appeal for beer slobs and lovers of rail drinks, as well.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
The parks wouldn’t be so bad if people weren’t slobs and cleaned up after themselves like decent human beings.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 June 2024
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Jack King, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
Figuring out what to wear on a plane to stay comfortable without looking like a total slob can be tricky.
—Niccolo Serratt, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024
The old Honor had an ambitious cocktail program but managed to hold an appeal for beer slobs and lovers of rail drinks, as well.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
The parks wouldn’t be so bad if people weren’t slobs and cleaned up after themselves like decent human beings.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 June 2024
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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slob. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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