slabber

[ slab-er ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. slobber.

slabber

/ ˈslæbə /

verb

1. a dialect word for slobber

Word History and Origins

Origin of slabber¹

C16: variant of slobber

Example Sentences

In modern French bave means "drivel," "slabbering," and the verb baver "to slabber," but the bib is now called bavette.

From Project Gutenberg

Dana, speaking of the language of the Californian Indians, described it as "brutish" and "a complete slabber."

From Project Gutenberg

The large solid cake is cut with wires by hand or by a slabber into slabs of any desired size.

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