- to dribble (saliva, food, etc) from the mouth
- (intransitive) to speak or write mawkishly
- (transitive) to smear with matter dribbling from the mouth
- liquid or saliva spilt from the mouth
- maudlin language or behaviour
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slab•ber•y
(slab′ə rē),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- slobbery.
slob•ber /ˈslɑbɚ/USA pronunciation v.
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Physiology to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth:[no object]The dog was slobbering all over the baby.
- to wet or make foul with saliva:[~ + object]The dog is slobbering the baby.
- to express one's feelings too sentimentally:[no object]slobbering about how much he loved her.
n. [uncountable]
- Physiologysaliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth;
slaver. - overly sentimental speech or actions.
slob•ber
(slob′ər),USA pronunciation v.i.
v.t.
n.
slob′ber•er, n.
- Physiologyto let saliva or liquid run from the mouth;
slaver;
drivel. - to indulge in mawkish sentimentality:My family slobbered all over me when I finally got home.
v.t.
- to wet or make foul by slobbering:The baby has slobbered his bib.
- Physiologyto let (saliva or liquid) run from the mouth:The baby slobbered milk on his bib.
- to utter with slobbering:He sobbed and slobbered the bad news.
n.
- Physiologysaliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth;
slaver. - mawkishly sentimental speech or actions.
- Middle English (noun, nominal and verb, verbal), variant of slabber. See slab2, -er6 1350–1400
- 1. drool, dribble, slop.
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slobber /ˈslɒbə/, slabber vb
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