slob about
C1 informal intransitive
In simple words
To sit around doing nothing and not caring about how you look or behave
Meanings
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idiomatic
informal
To spend time being lazy, doing very little, often in a messy or unkempt way
"He spent the entire bank holiday slobbing about in his pyjamas."
Usage notes
Chiefly British English. Has a mild self-deprecating or critical tone. 'Slob' as a noun means an untidy, lazy person, and the verb carries the same connotation.
Commonly used with
all day weekend sofa house watching TV
Forms
Base
slob about
I/you/we/they
3rd person
slobs about
he/she/it
Past simple
slobed about
yesterday
Past participle
slobed about
have + pp
-ing form
slobing about
continuous
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