SLOBBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slobber mean? 

• SLOBBER (noun)
  The noun SLOBBER has 1 sense:

1. saliva spilling from the mouth

  Familiarity information: SLOBBER used as a noun is very rare.

• SLOBBER (verb)
  The verb SLOBBER has 1 sense:

1. let saliva drivel from the mouth

  Familiarity information: SLOBBER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOBBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Saliva spilling from the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

dribble; drivel; drool; slobber

Hypernyms ("slobber" is a kind of...):

saliva; spit; spittle (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)

Derivation:

slobber (let saliva drivel from the mouth)

• SLOBBER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they slobber    ... he / she / it slobbers   
Past simple: slobbered   
Past participle: slobbered   
-ing form: slobbering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Let saliva drivel from the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

dribble; drivel; drool; slabber; slaver; slobber

Context example:

The baby drooled

Hypernyms (to "slobber" is one way to...):

salivate (produce saliva)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Also:

slobber over (envy without restraint)

Derivation:

slobber (saliva spilling from the mouth)

slobberer (a person who dribbles)

 Context examples 

Out of them we dragged a bicycle, Palmer-tired, one pedal bent, and the whole front of it horribly smeared and slobbered with blood.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In a minute they were feathered with them, and yet with no sign of pain they clawed and slobbered with impotent rage at the steps which would lead them to their victims, mounting clumsily up for a few yards and then sliding down again to the ground.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But during an average day, parts of your skin may brush surfaces in stores, elevators, and restrooms; get nicked by a kitchen knife; be washed with rain; rest on a gym mat; and be slobbered on by a dog.

(Skin microbes fairly stable over time, NIH)