slimeball
Meaning
- A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.
- (specifically) A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.
- (colloquial, derogatory, figuratively) A person who is slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈslaɪmbɔːl/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sley- Proto-Germanic *slīmą Old English slīm English slime Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English slimeball From slime + ball. Sense 1 (“a round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance”) is a calque of German Schleimkugel, from Schleim (“mucus, slime”) + Kugel (“ball”), while sense 1.1 (“a mucus-coated lump containing the cercariae of a liver fluke”) may be a calque of German Schleimball (from Schleim (“slime”) + Ball (“ball”)).
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