slobber

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Etymology

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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). Not related to English slob.

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slobber (countable and uncountable, plural slobbers)

  1. Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
    There was dried slobber on his coat lapel.
  2. Muddy or marshy land; mire.
  3. (dated) A jellyfish.

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slobber (third-person singular simple present slobbers, present participle slobbering, simple past and past participle slobbered)

  1. To allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth.
    Synonyms: drool, slaver
    All babies slobber.
  2. (colloquial) To kiss.

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