slabber
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- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
Definition of slabber
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (intransitive)To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
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verb
- (intransitive)To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
- (transitive)To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
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(transitive)To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.
“At the ſame time he clap'd me on the Back, and ſlabber'd me all over from Cheek to Cheek, vvith his great Tongue.”
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(transitive)To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.
“The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost / That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost.”
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
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A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
“log slabber”
- A slabbing machine.
- Someone who makes slabs.
- (US, informal)An inhabitant of Slab City, a snowbird campsite in the Colorado Desert in southeastern California.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English slaberen, from Middle Dutch slabberen (“to lap, sup, slaver, slabber”), from Old Dutch *slabron, from Proto-West Germanic *slabrōn, from Proto-Germanic *slabrōną (“to scrawl, make a mess”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Low German slabbern (“to slabber”), German schlabbern (“to slabber”), Icelandic slafra (“to slaver”). More at slaver.
Words you can make from slabber
126 playable · top: BARBELS (11 pts)
Best play barbels 11 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
30 words- ABBES 9 pts
- BABEL 9 pts
- BABES 9 pts
- BARBE 9 pts
- BARBS 9 pts
- BLABS 9 pts
- BLEBS 9 pts
- ABLER 7 pts
- ABLES 7 pts
- BALER 7 pts
- BALES 7 pts
- BARES 7 pts
- BASER 7 pts
- BEALS 7 pts
- BEARS 7 pts
- BLARE 7 pts
- BLASE 7 pts
- BLEAR 7 pts
- BRAES 7 pts
- SABER 7 pts
- SABLE 7 pts
- SABRE 7 pts
- ARLES 5 pts
- EARLS 5 pts
- LARES 5 pts
- LASER 5 pts
- LEARS 5 pts
- RALES 5 pts
- REALS 5 pts
- SERAL 5 pts
4-letter words
42 words- ABBE 8 pts
- BABE 8 pts
- BARB 8 pts
- BLAB 8 pts
- BLEB 8 pts
- EBBS 8 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- ALBS 6 pts
- ARBS 6 pts
- BAES 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BALS 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BARS 6 pts
- BASE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BELS 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- BRAS 6 pts
- LABS 6 pts
- REBS 6 pts
- SABE 6 pts
- SLAB 6 pts
- ALES 4 pts
- ARES 4 pts
- ARSE 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- EARS 4 pts
- ERAS 4 pts
- LARS 4 pts
- LASE 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LEAS 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- RASE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- SALE 4 pts
- SEAL 4 pts
- SEAR 4 pts
- SERA 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- EBB 7 pts
- ABS 5 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BAS 5 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BES 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- SAB 5 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALS 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAS 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAL 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
2-letter words
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