slimeball

Meaning

Noun

• A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.
• A person who is regarded as slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.

Origin

• From slime + ball; sense 1 (“a round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance”) is a , from Schleim + Kugel, while sense 1.1 (“a mucus-coated lump containing the cercariae of a liver fluke”) may be a (from Schleim + Ball).