slubber

[ sluhb-er ]

/ ˈslʌb ər /

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verb (used with object)

to perform hastily or carelessly.

Nearby words

slowworm, sloyd, slr, slsc, slub, slubber, slubberdegullion, sludge, sludgeworm, sludging, sludgy

Origin of slubber

First recorded in 1520–30, slubber is from the Low German word slubbern to do work carelessly

Related forms

slub·ber·ing·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for slubber

I should have slubber'd thee, and stain'd thy beauty; Your hand, your hand Sir!King.
The Mad Lover|Francis Beaumont
The slubber never spoke, but glanced at his wife, who stood glaring at him.
The Bishop of Cottontown|John Trotwood Moore
As in the slubber, intermediate, and roving frames, the rove is taken from two bobbins for one spindle.
Textiles|William H. Dooley
In being applied to the slubber a breakage either at the front or back can be arranged for.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299|Various

There is nothing to help out, or slubber over, the defects of the voice in the one case, nor of the style in the other.
Hazlitt on English Literature|Jacob Zeitlin