slubber

American  

[sluhb-er] / ˈslʌb ər /

verb (used with object)

1. to perform hastily or carelessly.

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Other Word Forms

• slubberingly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of slubber

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

Example Sentences

Yet all the faults are defects of execution, not of conception, and though they tend to slubber the texture of the film, they do not impair its intensity and radiance.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

While the spinning frame is built on entirely different principles from the roving, intermediate, or slubber frame, the object of each machine is the same as that of the spinning frame.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

The roving frame is similar in principle to the slubber and intermediate machines, but it contains a greater number of spindles, and the tubes are smaller than either.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various

The first, or "slubber," gives it a very slight twist, just enough to suggest what is coming later, and of course in doing this makes it smaller.

From Makers of Many Things by Tappan, Eva March