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slob·ber

(slŏb′ər)

v. slob·bered, slob·ber·ing, slob·bers

v.intr.

1. To let saliva or liquid spill out from the mouth; drool.

2. To express sentiment or enthusiasm effusively or mawkishly; gush: slobbered over her childhood artwork.

v.tr.

To wet or smear with saliva or liquid dribbled from the mouth.

1. Saliva or liquid running from the mouth; drool.

2. Effusive or sentimental expression; drivel.

[Middle English sloberen, perhaps of Low German origin.]

slob′ber·er n.

slob′ber·y adj.

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slobber

(ˈslɒbə) or

slabber

1. to dribble (saliva, food, etc) from the mouth

2. (intr) to speak or write mawkishly

3. (tr) to smear with matter dribbling from the mouth

4. liquid or saliva spilt from the mouth

5. maudlin language or behaviour

[C15: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slubberen; see slaver²]

ˈslobberer, ˈslabberer n

ˈslobbery, ˈslabbery adj

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slob•ber

(ˈslɒb ər)

v.i.

1. to drool; drivel.

2. to indulge in mawkish sentimentality.

v.t.

3. to wet or make foul by slobbering.

4. to let (saliva or liquid) run from the mouth.

5. saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth; slaver.

6. mawkish speech or actions.

[1350–1400; late Middle English slobere (n.), Middle English sloberen (v.), probably < Middle Dutch slobberen to feed noisily]

slob′ber•er, n.

slob′ber•y, adj.

slobber

Past participle: slobbered
Gerund: slobbering

Imperative
slobber
slobber

Present
I slobber
you slobber
he/she/it slobbers
we slobber
you slobber
they slobber

Preterite
I slobbered
you slobbered
he/she/it slobbered
we slobbered
you slobbered
they slobbered

Present Continuous
I am slobbering
you are slobbering
he/she/it is slobbering
we are slobbering
you are slobbering
they are slobbering

Present Perfect
I have slobbered
you have slobbered
he/she/it has slobbered
we have slobbered
you have slobbered
they have slobbered

Past Continuous
I was slobbering
you were slobbering
he/she/it was slobbering
we were slobbering
you were slobbering
they were slobbering

Past Perfect
I had slobbered
you had slobbered
he/she/it had slobbered
we had slobbered
you had slobbered
they had slobbered

Future
I will slobber
you will slobber
he/she/it will slobber
we will slobber
you will slobber
they will slobber

Future Perfect
I will have slobbered
you will have slobbered
he/she/it will have slobbered
we will have slobbered
you will have slobbered
they will have slobbered

Future Continuous
I will be slobbering
you will be slobbering
he/she/it will be slobbering
we will be slobbering
you will be slobbering
they will be slobbering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been slobbering
you have been slobbering
he/she/it has been slobbering
we have been slobbering
you have been slobbering
they have been slobbering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been slobbering
you will have been slobbering
he/she/it will have been slobbering
we will have been slobbering
you will have been slobbering
they will have been slobbering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been slobbering
you had been slobbering
he/she/it had been slobbering
we had been slobbering
you had been slobbering
they had been slobbering

Conditional
I would slobber
you would slobber
he/she/it would slobber
we would slobber
you would slobber
they would slobber

Past Conditional
I would have slobbered
you would have slobbered
he/she/it would have slobbered
we would have slobbered
you would have slobbered
they would have slobbered

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Noun	1.	slobber - saliva spilling from the mouth dribble, drivel, drool saliva, spittle, spit - a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Verb	1.	slobber - let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" drivel, slabber, slaver, drool, dribble salivate - produce saliva; "We salivated when he described the great meal" drool over, slobber over - envy without restraint

slobber

verb drool, dribble, drivel, salivate, slaver, slabber (dialect), water at the mouth slobbering on his eternal cigarette end

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

slobber

verb

To let saliva run from the mouth:

dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slaver.

noun

Saliva running from the mouth:

drivel, drool, salivation, slaver.

Translations

sabbern

sbavare sbavatura sdolcinatura

slobber

[ˈslɒbəʳ]

A. VI → babear
to slobber over → besuquear (fig) → caerse la baba por

B. N → baba f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slobber

[ˈslɒbə^r] vi (= drool) → baver

slobber

n → Sabber m (inf)

vi → sabbern, sabbeln (also fig); (dog) → geifern; to slobber over somebody (fig inf) → von jdm schwärmen; (= kiss) → jdn abküssen; to slobber over something (fig inf) → etw anschmachten; (dirty old man etc) → sich an etw (dat) → aufgeilen (sl)

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slobber

[ˈslɒbəʳ] vi (pej) → sbavare

slobber over vi + prep → sviolinare

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Well, by and by the king he gets up and comes for- ward a little, and works himself up and slobbers out a speech, all full of tears and flapdoodle about its being a sore trial for him and his poor brother to lose the diseased, and to miss seeing diseased alive after the long journey of four thousand mile, but it's a trial that's sweetened and sanctified to us by this dear sym- pathy and these holy tears, and so he thanks them out of his heart and out of his brother's heart, because out of their mouths they can't, words being too weak and cold, and all that kind of rot and slush, till it was just sickening; and then he blubbers out a pious goody- goody Amen, and turns himself loose and goes to cry- ing fit to bust.

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After recovering from these bitter recollections, they vie with each other in bursts of admiration for the brute, until some more than usually enthusiastic member, unable any longer to control his feelings, swoops down upon the unhappy quadruped in a frenzy of affection, clutches it to his heart, and slobbers over it.

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we shall find him changed into a broken down old man, with garnet nose and eyes that slobber; we shall find him extended on some lawn, whence he will look at us with a languid eye and peradventure will not recognize us.