slabber Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb let saliva drivel from the mouth
    drivel; slaver; drool; dribble; slobber.
    • The baby drooled

WordNet

Slab"ber intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D. slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben, Icel. slafra. Cf. Slaver, Slobber, Slubber.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Slabbered ; present participle & verbal noun Slabbering
Definitions
  1. To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. Written also slaver, and slobber.
Slab"ber transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle.
    He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his great tongue. Arbuthnot.
  2. To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.
    The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost. Tusser.
Slab"ber noun
Definitions
  1. Spittle; saliva; slaver.
Slab"ber noun
Etymology
See 1st Slab.
Definitions
  1. (Mach.) (a) A saw for cutting slabs from logs. (b) A slabbing machine.

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