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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLOB'BER, and its derivatives, are a different orthography of slabber, the original pronunciation of which was probably slobber. [See Slabber and Slaver.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: drool, dribble, drivel, slobber] v
1: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (slobbered; slobbering) Etymology: Middle English sloberen to eat in a slovenly manner; akin to Low German slubberen to sip Date: 1607 intransitive verb 1. to let saliva dribble from the mouth ; drool 2. to indulge the feelings effusively and without restraint transitive verb to smear with or as if with dribbling saliva or food • slobberer noun II. noun Date: circa 1755 1. saliva drooled from the mouth 2. driveling, sloppy, or incoherent utterance • slobbery adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. 1 slaver. 2 (foll. by over) show excessive sentiment. --n. saliva running from the mouth; slaver. Derivatives: slobbery adj. Etymology: ME, = Du. slobbern, of imit. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slabber Slab"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slabbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slabbering.] [OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D. slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben, Icel. slafra. Cf. Slaver, Slobber, Slubber.] To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also slaver, and slobber.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slobber Slob"ber, v. t. & i. See Slabber.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slobber Slob"ber, n. 1. See Slabber. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A jellyfish. [Prov. Eng.] 3. pl. (Vet.) Salivation.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(slobbers, slobbering, slobbered) If a person or an animal slobbers, they let liquid fall from their mouth. ...slobbering on his eternal cigarette end. = drool VERB: V prep, also V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Slabber, slaver, drivel. 2. Daub, stain, obscure, darken, smear, slaver. 3. [Written also Slubber.] Sully, soil, defile. II. v. n. Slabber, slaver, drivel.

Moby Thesaurus

asperge, babble, be insane, be stupid, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, blather, blither, burble, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, dither, dote, douche, dribble, drivel, drool, expectorate, expectoration, flattering tongue, foam, froth, gush, have a demon, hawk, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, insincerity, irrigate, maunder, moisten, mouth-watering, oiliness, paddle, ptyalism, rage, ramble, rant, rave, run amok, run mad, saliva, salivate, salivation, sialagogue, slabber, slaver, slop, slosh, smarm, sparge, spatter, spew, spit, spittle, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, sputum, swash, syringe, that flattering unction, unction, unctuousness, wander, water, wet, wet down