Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zob

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: zob
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A good-for-nothing person.

American usage; Dated; Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"And the same thing goes for that crowd of crabs and snobs Down East, and next time you hear some zob from Yahooville-on-the-Hudson chewing the rag and bulling and trying to get your goat tell him that no two-fisted enterprising Westerner would have New York for a gift!"

Etymology

Claimed by Swedish scholar Jan Ivarsson (quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang) to derive from French zob (“dick, cock”), itself from Arabic زُبّ (zubb).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: zob, زُبّ

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

zobs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

zod

Synonyms

absolute zero assbucket asswipe badling blatherskite bugger carrion cipher cockstain crumb custron dandiprat

Questions

What does zob mean?: A good-for-nothing person.
Where does zob come from?: It is traced to French.

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