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

Other Word Forms

• slobberer noun
• slobbery adjective

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