slobber

American  

[slob-er] / ˈslɒb ər /

verb (used without object)

• slobbers,
  present (3rd person singular)
• slobbered,
  past participle,  past
• slobbering
  present participle

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)

• slobbers,
  present (3rd person singular)
• slobbered,
  past participle,  past
• slobbering
  present participle

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

Derived Forms

• slobberer
  noun
• slobbery
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• slobbering
  present
• slobbered
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• slobber
  simple
• slobbers
  simple
• have slobbered
  perfect
• has slobbered
  perfect
• am slobbering
  progressive
• are slobbering
  progressive
• is slobbering
  progressive
• have been slobbering
  perfect progressive
• has been slobbering
  perfect progressive

Past

• slobbered
  simple
• had slobbered
  perfect
• was slobbering
  progressive
• were slobbering
  progressive
• had been slobbering
  perfect progressive

Future

• will slobber
  simple
• will have slobbered
  perfect
• will be slobbering
  progressive
• will have been slobbering
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of slobber

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

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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.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

slobber slobbers slobbered slobbering

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

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

But she disliked the experience, which, she said, left the company “in hysterics — people twitching, slobber running down their chins, screaming from nerves and exhaustion.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

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 cleans out the channel. The L.A. River is watered by urban slobber, an unpleasant mix of oils and other nasty stuff.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

"I heard Ser Amory say so. He's just some sellsword with a mouth full of slobber and a high opinion of hisself."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

I kept picturing in my mind mad dogs and mad wolves reeling about with the blind staggers, drooling slobbers and snapping and biting at everything in sight.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

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

They howled and roared and slobbered toward Mr. Vendleri, Sycorax with a decaying cream puff still in her yellow jaws.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

But the movie’s almost jokey treatment of its slobbering incels, combined with Becky’s comic posturings, hemorrhage the tension.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

I was stunned by Ryan Kartje’s slobbering idolatry of Caleb Williams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2022

In Athens, wait, there’s a close-up of Uga on the big screen, and is that where you would want to appear while slobbering?

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022

Aint you done enough moaning and slobbering today, without hiding off in this here empty room, mumbling and taking on.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

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