slobber
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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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
This still wasn’t enough slobber for his audience, however.
From Salon ● May 14, 2025
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
Though his version of the spitball — more of a slobber ball — can be a bit overwhelming.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
She smacked her lips and wiped the slobber from her mouth.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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
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
It wasn’t his fault that Skip Bayless slobbered all over him and made outrageous statements such as “Tim Tebow is the next Brett Favre.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2016
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
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
Then he took two long pieces of chalk, stuck them into his mouth like fangs, and went howling and roaring and slobbering out into the hallway.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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