slobber

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
2. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) A dribbly shower (of rain).
3. (countable, uncountable) Muddy or marshy land; mire.
4. (countable, dated, uncountable) A jellyfish.
5. (attributive, countable, form-of, uncountable) Attributive form of slobbers; causing or relating to the veterinary medical condition slobbers.

Verb

1. To allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth.
2. To fall thickly (viscously), like or as saliva.
3. (uncommon) To wet with or as if with saliva; to coat with dribbly liquid.
4. (colloquial) To kiss.
5. (slang, transitive) To fellate.

Synonyms

drool

dribble

slaver

drivel

slabber

salivate

saliva

slime

spittle

spit

poncho

saver

shawl

tippet

yearn

beslaver

aspire

saliver

befoul

blubber

drip

drooling

foam

froth

jelly-fish

mucus

mud

Translations

baver

bave

sbavare

kwijlen

baba

babar

Geifer

sabbern

babear

sabbeln

Matsch

sdolcinatura

baba

Sabber

bava

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈslɒbə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sloberen

Cognate with Dutch: slobberen

Cognate with Western Frisian: slobberje

Cognate with German: schlabbern

Cognate with English: slob

In summary

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.