slabber

verb
/ˈslæbə(ɹ)/

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.

  1. derived from *slabrōną — “to scrawl, make a mess
  2. derived from *slabrōn
  3. derived from *slabron
  4. derived from slabberen — “to lap, sup, slaver, slabber
  5. inherited from slaberen

Definitions

  1. To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly

    To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.

  2. To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.

  3. To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth

    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. + 6 more definitions
    1. To cover, as with a liquid spill

      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.
    2. Moisture falling from the mouth

      Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.

    3. A saw for cutting slabs from logs.

      • log slabber
    4. A slabbing machine.

    5. Someone who makes slabs.

    6. An inhabitant of Slab City, a snowbird campsite in the Colorado Desert in southeastern…

      An inhabitant of Slab City, a snowbird campsite in the Colorado Desert in southeastern California.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA