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slobber

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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)

noun

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

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RELATED WORDS

froth, drip, drivel, salivate, slaver, dribble, slabber

Nearby words

  1. sloane,
  2. sloane ranger,
  3. sloane square,
  4. slob,
  5. slob ice,
  6. slobbery,
  7. slobby,
  8. slocum,
  9. sloe,
  10. sloe gin
Also slabber.

Origin of slobber

1350–1400; Middle English (noun and v.), variant of slabber. See slab2, -er6
Related formsslob·ber·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for slobber

slobber

slabber

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
Derived Formsslobberer or slabberer, nounslobbery or slabbery, adjective

Word Origin for slobber

C15: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slubberen; see slaver ²
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Word Origin and History for slobber

slobber

v.

c.1400, probably of imitative origin; cf. Frisian slobberje "to slurp," Middle Low German slubberen "slurp," Middle Dutch overslubberen "wade through a ditch." Related: Slobbered; slobbering. As noun from c.1400 as "mud, slime," 1755 as "saliva." Congreve has slabber (v.), from Middle Dutch slabberen.

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