slubber

== English == === Etymology === Compare Danish slubbre (“to swallow, to sup up”), and English slabber. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈslʌbɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈslʌbə/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈslʊbə/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈslʊbəɹ/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈslʌbəɹ/ Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ) === Verb === slubber (third-person singular simple present slubbers, present participle slubbering, simple past and past participle slubbered) (transitive) To do (something) hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily. (also figurative) To cover or daub (something) carelessly with a substance; to stain. (intransitive) To slobber. ==== Derived terms ==== slubberingly === Noun === slubber (plural slubbers) A person who, or a machine which, slubs. === References === Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989) Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996) === Anagrams === burbles, lubbers, rebulbs, rubbles