zob
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Meaning · English
A good-for-nothing person.
Register: dated, derogatory, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
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!
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “zob” mean?
A good-for-nothing person.
Is “zob” formal or informal?
zob is generally dated, derogatory, slang.