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Slubber

Slubber \Slub"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbering.] [Cf. Dan. slubbreto swallow, to sup up, D. slobberen to lap, to slabber. Cf. Slabber.]

  1. To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely.

    Slubber not business for my sake.
    --Shak.

  2. To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly.

    There is no art that hath more . . . slubbered with aphorisming pedantry than the art of policy.
    --Milton.

Slubber

Slubber \Slub"ber\, n. A slubbing machine.

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slubber

n. A person who, or a machine which, slubs. vb. 1 To do hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily. 2 To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly. 3 To slobber.

Usage examples of "slubber".

Even-tempered as he was, he soon began to give evidences of the strain of being pent in with a mechanical monster that toiled, and sobbed, and slubbered in the shouting dark.

When Keller had died, slumping forward on to the booth table, the big man had let out a slubbering sigh, as if he were about to weep.