Scumball

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sleazy, disreputable, or despicable person; a lowlife. slang

    ""Answer me. How would you feel if I was the one who might get knifed in the gullet by some scumball?""

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sleazy, disreputable, or despicable. slang

    ""This kid, your scumball client, also has a rap sheet six pages long. He shot a sixteen-year-old in the back last year and got sixty days on a piss-ass weapons violation because the victim wouldn't testify. […]"

Example

More examples

""This kid, your scumball client, also has a rap sheet six pages long. He shot a sixteen-year-old in the back last year and got sixty days on a piss-ass weapons violation because the victim wouldn't testify. […]"

Etymology

From scum + ball.

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