slobber

American  

[slob-er] / ˈslɒb ər /

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.

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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 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

• slobberer noun
• slobbery adjective

Etymology

Origin of slobber

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

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

This still wasn’t enough slobber for his audience, however.

From Salon • May 14, 2025

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

Who can’t stomach R-rated movies and who rushed after me one afternoon with a paper towel to wipe a mix of sand and her dog’s slobber off my shoe.

From New York Times • May 7, 2023

The corners of his new mouth had red slobber stuck to ’em, and the same way the cap’n’s brown spit had done, it got stretched up and down with every word Pap said.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis