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slobbery

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slob⋅ber⋅y

  [slob-uh-ree]
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–adjective
1. characterized by slobbering.
2. disagreeably wet; sloppy.
Also, slabbery.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see slobber, -y 1
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slob·ber   (slŏb'ər)   
v.   slob·bered, slob·ber·ing, slob·bers

v.   intr.

  1. To let saliva or liquid spill out from the mouth; drool.

  2. To express sentiment or enthusiasm effusively or incoherently; gush.

v.   tr.
To wet or smear with or as if with saliva or liquid dribbled from the mouth.
n.  

  1. Saliva or liquid running from the mouth; drool.

  2. Effusive or incoherent expression; drivel.


[Middle English sloberen, perhaps of Low German origin.]
slob'ber·er n., slob'ber·y adj.
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