slubber

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈslʌbɚ/
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/ˈslʌbɚ/ · /ˈslʌbə/ · /ˈslʊbə/ · /ˈslʊbəɹ/ · /ˈslʌbəɹ/

Definition of slubber

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To do (something) hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily.
    “[H]e [Antonio] anſvvered, do not ſo, / Slubber not buſineſs for my ſake, Baſſanio, / But ſtay the very riping of the time”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To do (something) hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily.
    “[H]e [Antonio] anſvvered, do not ſo, / Slubber not buſineſs for my ſake, Baſſanio, / But ſtay the very riping of the time”
  2. (also, figuratively, transitive)To cover or daub (something) carelessly with a substance; to stain.
    “[T]here is no art that hath bin more canker'd in her principles, more ſoyl'd, and ſlubber'd vvith aphoriſming pedantry then the art of policie; […]”
  3. (intransitive)To slobber.
    “It grows colder, and grayer, and penguins cry in the night, and huge amphibians moan and slubber.”

noun

  1. A person who, or a machine which, slubs.

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Etymology

Compare Danish slubbre (“to swallow, to sup up”), and English slabber.

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