scuzzball

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English

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈskʌzbɔl/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌzbɔl

Noun

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scuzzball (plural scuzzballs)

  1. (slang) Someone who does nasty things or plays harmful tricks; a person of very low ethics; a lowlife.
    • 2000, Robert Bacal, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing With Difficult Employees:
      Of course, if you're a sneaky, manipulative scuzzball, then maybe you don't want your boss to know you very well.
    • 2004, Jay Brida, G.O.P. D.O.A.:
      Was she really in bed with Marlucci and a sorry scuzzball like Snyder? What was her angle, other than money?
    • 2005, John Durham Peters, Courting the Abyss: Free Speech and the Liberal Tradition:
      [] the codependence of the friends of liberty and the deviant: 'Our fundamental civil rights often depend on defending some scuzzball you don't like.'
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