[slɒb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness
(e.g: he's a slob and expects others to clean up after him)

- muddy land


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century (in the sense ‘mud’): probably a variant of dialect slab ‘muddy place, puddle, ooze, sludge’, probably of Scandinavian origin. The word was used to denote various types of person from the 19th century: a weak or foolish person or a fat person (both in Irish English) and a lazy, slovenly person (from the late 19th century)

[slɒb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- behave in a lazy and slovenly way
(e.g: he spent his life watching television and generally slobbing around)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century (in the sense ‘mud’): probably a variant of dialect slab ‘muddy place, puddle, ooze, sludge’, probably of Scandinavian origin. The word was used to denote various types of person from the 19th century: a weak or foolish person or a fat person (both in Irish English) and a lazy, slovenly person (from the late 19th century)