Slabber
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈslæbə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Slabber is a verb meaning (intransitive) To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
Meaning
(intransitive) To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
- (transitive) To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.
- (transitive) To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.
- Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
- A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
- A slabbing machine.
- Someone who makes slabs.
Example Sentences
The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost / That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost.
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.
Word Forms
- slabbers
- slabbering
- slabbered
Synonyms for slabber
Depending on context, synonyms include drivel, dribble, slaver, drool, slobber.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slobber, slaver, drool, drivel, dribble, slob.
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