"zob" meaning in English

See zob in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: zobs [plural]
Etymology: Claimed by Swedish scholar Jan Ivarsson (quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang) to derive from French zob (“dick, cock”), itself from Arabic زُبّ (zubb). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|zob|t=dick, cock}} French zob (“dick, cock”), {{der|en|ar|زُبّ}} Arabic زُبّ (zubb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} zob (plural zobs)
  1. (US, slang, derogatory, dated) A good-for-nothing person. Wikipedia link: Green's Dictionary of Slang, Jan Ivarsson Tags: US, dated, derogatory, slang Synonyms: worthless person Related terms: zod
    Sense id: en-zob-en-noun-EXbeJBd7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 1 2 45 19 27 3 4
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "zob",
        "t": "dick, cock"
      },
      "expansion": "French zob (“dick, cock”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "زُبّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زُبّ (zubb)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Claimed by Swedish scholar Jan Ivarsson (quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang) to derive from French zob (“dick, cock”), itself from Arabic زُبّ (zubb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zobs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "zob (plural zobs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 45 19 27 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A good-for-nothing person."
      ],
      "id": "en-zob-en-noun-EXbeJBd7",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "good-for-nothing",
          "good-for-nothing#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, slang, derogatory, dated) A good-for-nothing person."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "zod"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "worthless person"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dated",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Green's Dictionary of Slang",
        "Jan Ivarsson"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zob"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "sl:Animal foods",
    "sl:Teeth"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "zob",
        "t": "dick, cock"
      },
      "expansion": "French zob (“dick, cock”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "زُبّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زُبّ (zubb)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Claimed by Swedish scholar Jan Ivarsson (quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang) to derive from French zob (“dick, cock”), itself from Arabic زُبّ (zubb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zobs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "zob (plural zobs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "zod"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English dated terms",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English slang",
        "English terms borrowed from French",
        "English terms derived from Arabic",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "Pages with 5 entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A good-for-nothing person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "good-for-nothing",
          "good-for-nothing#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, slang, derogatory, dated) A good-for-nothing person."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "worthless person"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dated",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Green's Dictionary of Slang",
        "Jan Ivarsson"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zob"
}

Download raw JSONL data for zob meaning in English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.