slobber

[ slob-er ]

verb (used without object)

1. to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.

   Synonyms: slop, dribble, drool

2. to indulge in mawkish sentimentality:

   My family slobbered all over me when I finally got home.

verb (used with object)

1. to wet or make foul by slobbering:

   The baby has slobbered his bib.

2. to let (saliva or liquid) run from the mouth:

   The baby slobbered milk on his bib.

3. to utter with slobbering:

   He sobbed and slobbered the bad news.

noun

1. saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth; slaver.
2. mawkishly sentimental speech or actions.

slobber

/ ˈslɒbə /

verb

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

noun

1. liquid or saliva spilt from the mouth
2. maudlin language or behaviour

Derived Forms

• ˈslobbery, adjective
• ˈslobberer, noun

Other Words From

• slobber·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slobber¹

1350–1400; Middle English (noun and v.), variant of slabber. See slab ², -er ⁶

Word History and Origins

Origin of slobber¹

C15: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slubberen; see slaver ²

Example Sentences

I wipe her warm slobber from my cheeks.

From Literature

He was not inside the mouth of a slobbering beast.

From Literature

After wiping the drool from Sabrina’s face, Mrs. B put the slobber monster down for a nap.

From Literature

In the otherwise slobbering session with DeSantis, Brand almost begged him to agree that imposing an ideology on others was illiberal.

From New York Times

But she disliked the experience, which, she said, left the company “in hysterics — people twitching, slobber running down their chins, screaming from nerves and exhaustion.”

From New York Times