slabber

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈslæbə(ɹ)/

Definition of slabber

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
  2. (transitive)To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
  3. (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.”
  4. (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

  1. (countable, uncountable)Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
  2. A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
    “log slabber”
  3. A slabbing machine.
  4. Someone who makes slabs.
  5. (US, informal)An inhabitant of Slab City, a snowbird campsite in the Colorado Desert in southeastern California.

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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.

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