dirt ball

• Expresión coloquial despectiva para referirse a una persona despreciable, inútil o moralmente repugnante. También puede designar literalmente un terrón de tierra o polvo.

An informal slang term for a contemptible, worthless, or morally despicable person. It can also refer literally to a clump of dirt or dust.

1. Contemptible personC1slangamerican

   A person regarded as morally despicable, dishonest, or worthless.

   Persona despreciable

   • He cheated on his taxes; what a dirt ball.
   • That dirt ball stole my wallet when I wasn't looking.
   • Don't trust him, he's a real dirt ball.

2. Clump of dirtA2informal

   A small, compact mass of soil or mud.

   terrón de tierra

   • The kids threw dirt balls at each other in the field.
   • A dirt ball stuck to the bottom of my shoe.
   • After the rain, the garden was full of dirt balls.