What does "slobber" mean?
Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
Slobber
/ˈslɒbə(ɹ)/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
- Grammar: slobber is listed as noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: dribble, drool, adulation, asperge.
- Useful contrasts: absorb, criticism, disdain.
- Usage evidence: Don't slobber over my face! A-ha-ha-ha. Stop it!
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth. countable, uncountable
"There was dried slobber on his coat lapel."
- 2 saliva spilling from the mouth wordnet
- 3 A dribbly shower (of rain). countable, uncommon, uncountable
"I looked about me in the slobber of rain, and found that I was in the middle of an irregular quadrangle, three sides of which were bordered by buildings of five or six storeys, newish, and furnished with small, not inelegant windows."
- 4 Mud, muck; a miry, slushy or muddy mixture. countable, uncountable
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:slobber."
- 5 A jellyfish. countable, dated, uncountable
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- 6 Attributive form of slobbers; causing or relating to the veterinary medical condition slobbers. attributive, countable, form-of, uncountable
"slobber grass, slobber hay"
Verb
- 1 To allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth.
"All babies slobber."
- 2 let saliva drivel from the mouth wordnet
- 3 To fall thickly (viscously), like or as saliva.
"[…] rain slobbered over New York. Fifty-eighth Street's construction debris ran in murky rivulets. Martin, Bagel and I walked single file on wood planks through Avon's rough board tunnel."
- 4 To wet with or as if with saliva; to coat with dribbly liquid. uncommon
"[…] slobbering her neck with kisses while his hands were busy undressing her."
- 5 To kiss. colloquial
"Finally, when they were all done slobbering around, old Sally introduced us."
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- 6 To fellate. slang, transitive
Example
"Don't slobber over my face! A-ha-ha-ha. Stop it!"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "slobber"?
Common synonyms include: dribble, drool, adulation, asperge, babble, be insane.
How do you use "slobber" in a sentence?
Don't slobber over my face! A-ha-ha-ha. Stop it!
How do you pronounce "slobber"?
Pronounced /ˈslɒbə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From Middle English sloberen, borrowed from Middle Dutch slobberen (> Modern Dutch slobberen (“to slobber”)), related to West Frisian slobberje (“to slurp”), German Low German slubbern (“to slobber”). Doublet of slabber and slaver. Compare also German schlabbern (“to slobber”). At least in the sense of "saliva", apparently not related to English slob, from Irish slaba (“mud”).