slobber
Englisch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English sloberen, borrowed from Middle Dutch slobberen (> Modern Dutch slobberen (“to slobber”)), related to West Frisian slobberje (“to slurp”), German Low German slubbern (“to slobber”). Doublet of slabber and slaver. Compare also German schlabbern (“to slobber”). Not related to English slob.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈslɒbə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ)
Nomen
editslobber (countable and uncountable, plural slobbers)
- Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
- There was dried slobber on his coat lapel.
- Muddy or marshy land; mire.
- (dated) A jellyfish.
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editTranslations
editsaliva or liquid running from one's mouth
Verb
editslobber (third-person singular simple present slobbers, present participle slobbering, simple past and past participle slobbered)
- To allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth.
- (colloquial) To kiss.
- 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 165:
- Finally, when they were all done slobbering around, old Sally introduced us.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editto allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth
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