slimeball
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slimeball
- /ˈslaɪm.bɔːl/ UK
- /ˈslaɪmˌbɔl/ US
Where it comes from
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”)).
noun slimeballs · slime ball · slime-ball
- A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.
- A mucus-coated lump containing the cercariae (“parasitic larvae”) of a liver fluke (of the phylum Platyhelminthes). The eggs [of a lancet fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum)] that pass out with the manure of an infested sheep do not hatch in the open. When eaten by the snail, they hatch and finally give rise to larvae that pass out of the snail's body in gelatinous "slime[-]balls."
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A person who is slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.
Even slimeballs were entitled to representation, though.
Similar: scuzzball, sleazeball, slimebag
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noun round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance
| Deutsch | Schleimkugel |
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noun mucus-coated lump of the parasitic larvae of a liver fluke
| Deutsch | Schleimball |
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