slobber
Americanverb (used without object)
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slobbers,
present (3rd person singular)
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slobbered,
past participle, past
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slobbering
present participle
verb (used with object)
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slobbers,
present (3rd person singular)
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slobbered,
past participle, past
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slobbering
present participle
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to wet or make foul by slobbering.
The baby has slobbered his bib.
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to let (saliva or liquid) run from the mouth.
The baby slobbered milk on his bib.
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to utter with slobbering.
He sobbed and slobbered the bad news.
noun
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saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth; slaver.
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mawkishly sentimental speech or actions.
verb
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to dribble (saliva, food, etc) from the mouth
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(intr) to speak or write mawkishly
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(tr) to smear with matter dribbling from the mouth
noun
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liquid or saliva spilt from the mouth
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maudlin language or behaviour
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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slobbersimple
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slobberssimple
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have slobberedperfect
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has slobberedperfect
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am slobberingprogressive
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are slobberingprogressive
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is slobberingprogressive
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have been slobberingperfect progressive
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has been slobberingperfect progressive
Past
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slobberedsimple
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had slobberedperfect
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was slobberingprogressive
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were slobberingprogressive
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had been slobberingperfect progressive
Future
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.
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Example Sentences
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"They are soft, amazingly loyal and really friendly... there is some slobber."
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
But “you don’t want to be too precious about your outfit,” Ingram said, because “if you’re judging something like a Saint Bernard, you’re getting slobber on it.”
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 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
Never mind that it made you slobber and eventually go mad.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2021
They didn't run and greet a person and slobber with joy.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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
Brickz chomps and slobbers over some ribs in his corner.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
The call-outs on social media and from the same outlets that slobbered over the actress Julia Fox when she started dating Kardashian’s ex are acknowledging the dark undercurrent to this behavior.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2022
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
Arya thought it was funny the way Vargo Hoat lisped and slobbered, but she knew better than to laugh.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
We’ve become desensitized to the ritual by now, but slobbering over an elected official—of any stripe—is, and always will be, unbecoming.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2025
Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
I was stunned by Ryan Kartje’s slobbering idolatry of Caleb Williams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2022
Finally, when they were all done slobbering around, old Sally introduced us.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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