slobber
to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
to indulge in mawkish sentimentality: My family slobbered all over me when I finally got home.
to wet or make foul by slobbering: The baby has slobbered his bib.
to let (saliva or liquid) run from the mouth: The baby slobbered milk on his bib.
to utter with slobbering: He sobbed and slobbered the bad news.
saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth; slaver.
mawkishly sentimental speech or actions.
Origin of slobber
1- Also slabber.
Other words for slobber
Other words from slobber
- slob·ber·er, noun
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How to use slobber in a sentence
He stooped over her hand, and slobbered kisses upon her unresponsive glove.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniImagine one of these soft white shirt fronts well slobbered, and you have mine host of the Risveglio.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. LawrenceWe have slobbered about the nobility of toil, till at last the nobles naturally insist on eating the cake.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. LawrenceShe and Egholm simply slobbered over each other with their affected ways.
Egholm and his God | Johannes BuchholtzPhysically, Nature had slobbered all over Carter Johnson; she had lavished on him her very last charm.
Crooked Trails | Frederic Remington
British Dictionary definitions for slobber
slabber
/ (ˈslɒbə) /
to dribble (saliva, food, etc) from the mouth
(intr) to speak or write mawkishly
(tr) to smear with matter dribbling from the mouth
liquid or saliva spilt from the mouth
maudlin language or behaviour
Origin of slobber
1Derived forms of slobber
- slobberer or slabberer, noun
- slobbery or slabbery, adjective
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