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slabber

Pronunciation: /ˈslæbə(ɹ)/

The English word “slabber” has 8 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
  2. To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
  3. To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.
  4. To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.

noun

  1. Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
  2. A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
  3. A slabbing machine.
  4. Someone who makes slabs.

Etymology

From Middle English slaberen, from Middle Dutch slabberen (“to lap, sup, slaver, slabber”), from Old Dutch *slabron, from Proto-West Germanic *slabrōn, from Proto-Germanic *slabrōną (“to scrawl, make a mess”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Low German slabbern (“to slabber”), German schlabbern (“to slabber”), Icelandic slafra (“to slaver”). More at slaver.

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