schlub
or shlub
[ shluhb ]
nounSlang.
a clumsy, stupid person.
Origin of schlub
1First recorded in 1950–55; from Yiddish zhlob, zhlub “yokel, boor,” from Polish żłób “blockhead” literally, “trough, manger”
- Also zhlub, zhlob [zhluhb, zhlawb] /ʒlʌb, ʒlɔb/ .
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British Dictionary definitions for schlub
schlub
/ (ʃlʌb) /
noun
US slang a coarse or contemptible person
Origin of schlub
1Yiddish, of uncertain origin
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