Slabber

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. t.
     1. To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle.
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              He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his
              great tongue.                         --Arbuthnot.


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     2. To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as
        liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.
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              The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost
              That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost.
                                                    --Tusser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slabber \Slab"ber\, n.
     Spittle; saliva; slaver.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slabber \Slab"ber\, n. [See 1st {Slab}.] (Mach.)
     (a) A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
     (b) A slabbing machine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slabbered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Slabbering}.] [OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D.
     slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben,
     Icel. slafra. Cf. {Slaver}, {Slobber}, {Slubber}.]
     To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly,
     like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also
     {slaver}, and {slobber}.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slabber
       v : let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: {drivel},
            {drool}, {slaver}, {slobber}, {dribble}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "slabber":
     dribble, drivel, drool, expectorate, expectoration, foam, froth,
     hawk, mouth-watering, ptyalism, saliva, salivate, salivation,
     sialagogue, slaver, slobber, spew, spit, spittle, sputum