scuzzball

English

Alternative forms

• scuzz ball, scuzz-ball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskʌzbɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ʌzbɔl

Noun

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.'

Related terms

• scuzz
• scuzzbucket
• scuzzy
• sleazeball

See also

• sleazebag
• scumbag
• scumbucket