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slabber

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slab⋅ber

  [slab-er]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), noun
slobber.

slab

2  [slab]
–adjective Scot. and North England.
thick; viscous.
Origin:
1595–1605; appar. < Scand; cf. Sw, Norw slabb mire, Icel slabba to wade in mud

slob⋅ber

  [slob-er]
–verb (used without object)
1. to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
2. to indulge in mawkish sentimentality: My family slobbered all over me when I finally got home.
–verb (used with object)
3. to wet or make foul by slobbering: The baby has slobbered his bib.
4. to let (saliva or liquid) run from the mouth: The baby slobbered milk on his bib.
5. to utter with slobbering: He sobbed and slobbered the bad news.
–noun
6. saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth; slaver.
7. mawkishly sentimental speech or actions.
Also, slabber.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME (n. and v.), var. of slabber. See slab 2 , -er 6

Related forms:
slob⋅ber⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. drool, dribble, slop.
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slobber

  1. n.
    nonsense. (From the term for saliva running out of the mouth.) : I've heard enough of your slobber. Can it!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

slab 
c.1290, of unknown origin, possibly related to O.Fr. escalpe "thin fragment of wood," which seems to be a Gaulish loan word (cf. Bret. scolp, Welsh ysgolp "splinter, chip"). But OED rejects this on formal grounds. Meaning "rectangular block of pre-cast concrete used in building" is from 1927.

slobber  (v.)
c.1400, probably related to Frisian slobberje "to slurp," M.L.G. slubberen "slurp," M.Du. overslubberen "wade through a ditch," etc., all of imitative origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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