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slobber
[ slob-er ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- 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.
noun
- saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth; slaver.
- mawkishly sentimental speech or actions.
slobber
/ ˈslɒbə /
verb
- to dribble (saliva, food, etc) from the mouth
- intr to speak or write mawkishly
- tr to smear with matter dribbling from the mouth
noun
- liquid or saliva spilt from the mouth
- maudlin language or behaviour
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Derived Forms
- ˈslobbery, adjective
- ˈslobberer, noun
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Other Words From
- slobber·er noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slobber1
C15: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slubberen; see slaver ²
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