Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
- To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
- To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.
- To cover, as with a liquid spilled; soil; befoul.
- noun Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
- noun One who or that which slabs; specifically, a saw for removing the slabs or outside parts of a log.
- noun In metal-working, a machine for dressing the sides of nuts or the heads of bolts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle.
- transitive verb To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.
- intransitive verb To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool.
- noun A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
- noun A slabbing machine.
- noun Spittle; saliva; slaver.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
saw forcutting slabs fromlogs . - noun A slabbing machine.
- verb intransitive To let
saliva or otherliquid fall from the mouth carelessly;drivel ;slaver . - verb transitive To
eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food. - verb transitive To
wet andbefoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver;slobber . - verb transitive To
cover , as with a liquid spill;soil ; befoul. - noun
Moisture falling from the mouth;slaver .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb let saliva drivel from the mouth
Etymologies
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Examples
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We want to avoid that - because let's face it - if you have to slabber your muffin with butter to make it edible, you've just lost the benefit of lowering the fat.
In Search of An Amazing Protein Muffin aka TBTAM 2008
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However, it insensibly seemed to give the lie to his imputation; for his spirits rose to a more elevated pitch of mirth and good-fellowship; he sung, or rather roared, the Early Horn, so as to alarm the whole neighbourhood, and began to slabber his companions with a most bear-like affection.
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Snarling, Rufus pulled his hook out and went for the first slabber.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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Snarling, Rufus pulled his hook out and went for the first slabber.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988
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Removing the slabber which was gathered in his beard and at his mouth, he shouted: "Put police on you will I."
My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People Caradoc Evans
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_To_ DRABLE, DRAIBLE, _v.a. _ to slabber; to befoul.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Alexander Leighton 1837
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However, it insensibly seemed to give the lie to his imputation; for his spirits rose to a more elevated pitch of mirth and good-fellowship; he sung, or rather roared, the Early Horn, so as to alarm the whole neighbourhood, and began to slabber his companions with a most bear-like affection.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 01 Tobias George Smollett 1746
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However, it insensibly seemed to give the lie to his imputation; for his spirits rose to a more elevated pitch of mirth and good-fellowship; he sung, or rather roared, the Early Horn, so as to alarm the whole neighbourhood, and began to slabber his companions with a most bear-like affection.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete Tobias George Smollett 1746
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Then he was taken with a drauling, or slabbering at his mouth, which slabber sometimes would hang at his mouth well nigh half-way down to the ground.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658
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Hes the biggest slabber we have ever had at Old Trafford, go fuck ureself carla ya little fanny
yarb commented on the word slabber
when we parted, they embraced me of their own accord, and slabbered me over with inexpressible fondness.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 8 ch. 10
October 7, 2008