scuzzball

/ˈskʌzbɔl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Slang

"Of course, if you're a sneaky, manipulative scuzzball, then maybe you don't want your boss to know you very well."
"Was she really in bed with Marlucci and a sorry scuzzball like Snyder? What was her angle, other than money?"
"[…] the codependence of the friends of liberty and the deviant: 'Our fundamental civil rights often depend on defending some scuzzball you don't like.'"

From scuzz + -ball.

scuzzballs (plural) scuzz ball (alternative) scuzz-ball (alternative)

scuzz scuzzbucket scuzzy sleazeball sleazebag scumbag scumbucket

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How do you pronounce scuzzball?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskʌzbɔl/.

What does scuzzball mean?

Where does scuzzball come from?

From scuzz + -ball.

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