slabber
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly
To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
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.
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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.
Moisture falling from the mouth
Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
- log slabber
A slabbing machine.
Someone who makes slabs.
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.
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for slabber. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA