slobber
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ər 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.
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noun
6.
saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth; slaver.
7.
mawkishly sentimental speech or actions.
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slobber or slabber (ˈslɒbə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to dribble (saliva, food, etc) from the mouth |
| 2. | (intr) to speak or write mawkishly |
| 3. | (tr) to smear with matter dribbling from the mouth |
| —n | |
| 4. | liquid or saliva spilt from the mouth |
| 5. | maudlin language or behaviour |
| [C15: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slubberen; see | |
| slabber or slabber | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C15: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slubberen; see | |
| 'slobberer or slabber | |
| —n | |
| 'slabberer or slabber | |
| —n | |
| 'slobbery or slabber | |
| —adj | |
| 'slabbery or slabber | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
slobber
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.
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Slang Dictionary
slobber definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Livestock sometimes slobber excessively when feeding on second cutting red clover hay.
In the process it left mud footprints and slobber all over the refrigerator.
They have in mind individuals who stagger, slobber, or put lamp shades on their heads.
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