slobber

American  

[slob-er] / ˈslɒb ər /

verb (used without object)

• slobbers,
  present (3rd person singular)
• slobbered,
  past participle,  past
• slobbering
  present participle

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.

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verb (used with object)

• slobbers,
  present (3rd person singular)
• slobbered,
  past participle,  past
• slobbering
  present participle

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 British  

/ 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

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noun

1. liquid or saliva spilt from the mouth

2. maudlin language or behaviour

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• slobberer
  noun
• slobbery
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• slobbering
  present
• slobbered
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• slobber
  simple
• slobbers
  simple
• have slobbered
  perfect
• has slobbered
  perfect
• am slobbering
  progressive
• are slobbering
  progressive
• is slobbering
  progressive
• have been slobbering
  perfect progressive
• has been slobbering
  perfect progressive

Past

• slobbered
  simple
• had slobbered
  perfect
• was slobbering
  progressive
• were slobbering
  progressive
• had been slobbering
  perfect progressive

Future

• will slobber
  simple
• will have slobbered
  perfect
• will be slobbering
  progressive
• will have been slobbering
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of slobber

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

Explanation

To slobber is to allow spit, or saliva, to drip from your mouth. Your dog will probably slobber if you tease her with your hamburger. Another word for slobber is drool. You can use it as a verb, as in "That cupcake made me slobber," or a noun: "Wipe that slobber off your chin." To figuratively slobber over something or someone is to be overly enthusiastic or sentimental, like when your friends all slobber over your adorable new puppy.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

slobber slobbers slobbered slobbering

"They are soft, amazingly loyal and really friendly... there is some slobber."

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Schulz’s desertion is in stark contrast with his proclivity for giving interviews to slobber over meaningless Pac-12 unity statements, downplay risks and assure us WSU would not be in a diminished league with reduced revenues.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

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 ● Jun. 15, 2023

It also sees a familiar Hollywood face attached to a most unfamiliar body, enacting the kind of dramatic, prosthetically enabled transformation the movie industry likes to slobber over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

Conner swooped down to pick it up and handed it to me, slobber side in his hand.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

Axel slobbers on her lap, then lopes around the room, sniffing amethyst crystals, a conga drum and a gold Tibetan singing bowl.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018

Don't teach me Dog,all eager to please; that slobbers, yaps and begs for a pat,that sits when told by its own, that's led on a lead.No, not that.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2012

Even though she has fleas, and slobbers a lot.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2011

The woman bends down and coos, and he slobbers a little and starts to cry.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2010

I kept picturing in my mind mad dogs and mad wolves reeling about with the blind staggers, drooling slobbers and snapping and biting at everything in sight.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

Big, barkin’ Josh the Newfoundland slobbered around the ring, then nearly knocked over Ginger in the winner’s circle.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2021

Others piled on those who "slobbered" over Avenatti before his downfall.

From Fox News ● May 22, 2019

Then I asked how he felt about being jumped on, slobbered on or getting mud all over his couch.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2017

It wasn’t his fault that Skip Bayless slobbered all over him and made outrageous statements such as “Tim Tebow is the next Brett Favre.”

From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2016

It gasped, slobbered, spun, doubled, clawed the air frantically; finally its mouth gaped and its pink-white tongue shot out stiffly.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

And unlike with her insults, Bondi rarely has to check her notes before slobbering over the imaginary perfection of men who can boost her career.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025

After a turnabout in fortunes in the city, New York real-estate titans are now slobbering over the chance to tear down the Roosevelt and convert it into a luxury skyscraper.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2025

He’s nice, dull, quippy, with a toothy smile, full beard and slender frame that bring to mind the British actor David Tennant if David Tennant were a slobbering puppy.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

Again and again, Diana and Barbara have to endure and deflect unwanted male attention; you may lose count of all the run-of-the-mill boors and slobbering predators they have to fend off, and you’re meant to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2020

Aint you done enough moaning and slobbering today, without hiding off in this here empty room, mumbling and taking on.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner