slobber
pronunciation
How to pronounce slobber in British English:
UK [ˈslɒbə(r)]
How to pronounce slobber in American English:
US [ˈslɑbə(r)]
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- Noun:
- saliva spilling from the mouth
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- Verb:
- let saliva drivel from the mouth
Word Origin
- slobber (v.)
- c. 1400, probably of imitative origin; compare Frisian slobberje "to slurp," Middle Low German slubberen "slurp," Middle Dutch overslubberen "wade through a ditch." Related: Slobbered; slobbering. As noun from c. 1400 as "mud, slime," 1755 as "saliva." Congreve has slabber (v.), from Middle Dutch slabberen.
Example
- 1. Don 't let the dog slobber all over you !
- 2. This breed tends to drool and slobber .
- 3. He doesn 't slobber all over a girl , like you !
- 4. Try to remember that sometimes slobber all over the face is not exactly what your partner wants .
- 5. Mr honts found that those who had had a dog to slobber and pounce on them ranked their team-mates more highly on measures of trust , team cohesion and intimacy than those who had not .