slubber Meaning, Definition & Usage

Slub"ber transitive verb

Etymology

Cf. Dan. slubbreto swallow, to sup up, D. slobberen to lap, to slabber. Cf. Slabber.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Slubbered ; present participle & verbal noun Slubbering

Definitions

1. To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely.

   Slubber not business for my sake. Shak.

2. To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly.

   There is no art that hath more . . . slubbered with aphorisming pedantry than the art of policy. Milton.

Slub"ber noun

Definitions

1. A slubbing machine.