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Slabber

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. slafr

  1. 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.]

Slabber

Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. t.

  1. To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle.

    He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his great tongue.
    --Arbuthnot.

  2. To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.

    The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost.
    --Tusser.

Slabber

Slabber \Slab"ber\, n. Spittle; saliva; slaver.

Slabber

Slabber \Slab"ber\, n. [See 1st Slab.] (Mach.)

  1. A saw for cutting slabs from logs.

  2. A slabbing machine.

Wiktionary
slabber

Etymology 1 alt. 1 (context intransitive English) To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver. 2 (context transitive English) To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food. 3 (context transitive English) To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber. 4 (context transitive English) To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul. n. moisture falling from the mouth; slaver. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver. 2 (context transitive English) To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food. 3 (context transitive English) To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber. 4 (context transitive English) To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul. Etymology 2

n. 1 A saw for cutting slabs from logs. 2 A slabbing machine.

WordNet
slabber

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

Wikipedia
Slabber

Slabber is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Gerrie Slabber, South African rugby league player
  • Jamie Slabber (born 1984), English footballer
  • Wilbur Slabber (born 1980), Namibian cricketer

Usage examples of "slabber".

Early Horn, so as to alarm the whole neighbourhood, and began to slabber his companions with a most bear-like affection.

So then the lights go out on that side of the stage, and on the other side the lights go up, those same final words of Aaron the Moor sounding again through the theatre, electronic blessing, as a ballet of slabbers and ravishers and poisoners prances to a music of screams and groans.

His trouser leg and the side of his jacket were slabbered with the mud.

The pink light on the mirror faded, and a life-like reflection appeared--the reflection of a young man standing on a rock in bold relief against a dark background of rugged, slabbering cliffs and the forbidding mouths of caves.

So then the lights go out on that side of the stage, and on the other side the lights go up, those same final words of Aaron the Moor sounding again through the theatre, electronic blessing, as a ballet of slabbers and ravishers and poisoners prances to a music of screams and groans.

Angling down from its serrated spine, a ferocious array of claspers, pincers, slabbers, clubs, and saws of chitin plate festooned its sides.

So then the lights go out on that side of the stage, and on the other side the lights go up, those same final words of Aaron the Moor sounding again through the theatre, electronic blessing, as a ballet of slabbers and ravishers and poisoners prances to a music of screams and groans.