Meanings
nounwarb (plural warbs)
plural warbs
- AustraliadatedderogatoryslangAn unkempt and useless person; a loafer.
A POLICEMAN approaches a warb hanging around Sydney CBD with obviously nothing to do and says to him: "Hey, you, there is a lockdown current at the moment. Why don't you go home and isolate yourself?"
2021 August 19, George Gaal, “How do you isolate at home when you don't have one?”, in Western Advocate (letter), Bathurst, N.S.W.: ACM Network, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2023Synonyms: absolute zero, assbucket, asswipe, badling, blatherskite, bugger, carrion, cipher
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Of uncertain origin; possibly a clipping of warble (“the maggot of a warble-fly”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
warb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warb
MLA
“warb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warb. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “warb,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warb.
Source: warb on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.