Slubber
//ˈslʌbɚ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who, or a machine which, slubs.
Verb
- 1 To do hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily.
"[…] he [Antonio] answered, do not so, Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, But stay the very riping of the time"
- 2 To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly.
"There is no art that hath more […] slubbered with aphorisming pedantry than the art of policy."
- 3 To slobber.
"It grows colder, and grayer, and penguins cry in the night, and huge amphibians moan and slubber."
Example
More examples"[…] he [Antonio] answered, do not so, Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, But stay the very riping of the time"
Etymology
Compare Danish slubbre (“to swallow, to sup up”), and English slabber.
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