slobber

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sloberen, borrowed from Middle Dutch slobberen (> Modern Dutch slobberen (“to slobber”)), related to West Frisian slobberje (“to slurp”), German Low German slubbern (“to slobber”). Doublet of slabber and slaver. Compare also German schlabbern (“to slobber”). At least in the sense of "saliva", apparently not related to English slob, from Irish slaba (“mud”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈslɒbə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ) === Noun === slobber (countable and uncountable, plural slobbers) Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth. (uncommon) A dribbly shower (of rain). Mud, muck; a miry, slushy or muddy mixture. For quotations using this term, see Citations:slobber. (dated) A jellyfish. Attributive form of slobbers; causing or relating to the veterinary medical condition slobbers. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === slobber (third-person singular simple present slobbers, present participle slobbering, simple past and past participle slobbered) To allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth. Synonyms: drool, slaver (of spit, rain, etc) To fall thickly (viscously), like or as saliva. (uncommon) To wet with or as if with saliva; to coat with dribbly liquid. (colloquial) To kiss. (slang, transitive) To fellate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === slobbery === Anagrams === lobbers