Slobber

Definition: Slobber

Slobber

Noun

1. Saliva spilling from the mouth.

Verb

1. Let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled".

Date "slobber" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Synonyms: Slobber

Synonyms: dribble (v), drivel (v), drool (v), slabber (v), slaver (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Ejection	Disgorge; expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber; eructate; drool.
Uncleanness	Wallow in the mire; slobber, slabber.
Water	Add water, water, wet; moisten; dilute, dip, immerse; merge; immerge, submerge; plunge, souse, duck, drown; soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench; dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge; syringe, inject, gargle.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Slobber

English words defined with "slobber": Beslobber. (references)

"Slobber" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.56% of the time. "Slobber" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	55.56%	5	157,705
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	22.22%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)	22.22%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

Expressions using "slobber": slobber all over ♦ slobber all over oneself ♦ slobber on ♦ slobber over ♦ slobber over smb.. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "slobber": slobber-chops.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "slobber"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		sqotë (mire, slop, slush, snowbroth), jargavitem, jargë (drivel, drool, froth, slaver, slime, spittle). (various references)

Arabic		‏لوث باللعاب, ‏لعاب (dribble, saliva, slaver, spit, spittle), ‏قلى (fricassee, fry), ‏حن (crave, long for, wish for, yearn), ‏تكلم بحماسة, ‏تأثر (be affected), ‏سال لعابه (dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slaver, slime), ‏ريالة (salivation, spit), ‏رال, ‏داعب (dally, pet, stroke, tickle), ‏بلل باللعاب. (various references)

Bulgarian		слюнка (foam, saliva, slaver, sputum), оплесквам (besmear, dash, dub, foozle, foul up, hash, louse up, make a mess, make sad work of, mess, muddle, muff, screw up, spatter, splash, sully), лигавя се (beslobber, dribble, drool, slaver), лигавя (slaver), лигавене (drool), лига (league, slaver). (various references)

Czech		slintat (dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slaver), slintání (dribbling), slina (saliva, slaver, spit, spittle), cintat (dribble). (various references)

Dutch		kwĳlen (salivate), kwýlen (salivate). (various references)

Esperanto		salivumi. (various references)

Farsi		لجن (Lair, Mire, Mud, Silt, Slob, Slop, Slosh, Slough, Sludge, Slush), گلیز (Drivel, Drool), گریه بچگانه , اب دهان روان ساختن (Slaver), اب دهان (Saliva, Slaver, Spit, Spittle), دهان رااب انداختن , دهان (Gob, Jib, Mug, Puss, Throat), دارای احساسات بچگانه گل , بزاق زدن به , بزاق (Saliva, Spit, Sputum). (various references)

Finnish		kuolata (dribble), kuola (slaver). (various references)

French		baver (slaver, slime). (various references)

German		sabber (saliva, slaver). (various references)

Greek		σωλιάνω, σάλι (poncho, shawl, slabber, tippet), σαλιάζω (salivate). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"רטיב בריר. (various references)

Hungarian		sár (dirt, mess-up, mire, mud, ooze, slob, sludge, splash), nyálfolyás (driveling, drivelling, salivation), nyáladzás (dribble, salivation), medúza (gorgon, jelly fish, jellyfish, medusa, sea-jelly), latyak (slob, slush), csorgó nyál, csöpögő érzelgősség, érzelgős csók, érzelgős beszéd. (various references)

Indonesian		ngiler (spittle), mengotori (dash off, defile, grime, mess, pollute), mengiler (drool). (various references)

Italian		biascicare (munch, splutter). (various references)

Manx		ushlaghey (watering). (various references)

Pig Latin		obberslay

Portuguese		lacrimejar (shed tears, water, weep), dizer baboseiras, consertar toscamente, choramingar (mewl, mule, pule, snivel, whimper, whine), babar-se (dribble, drivel, drool, foam, slaver), babar (beslaver, beslobber, slaver), baba (dribble, drivel, foam, lather, mucus, saliva, slaver), atamancar (fudge). (various references)

Romanian		sentimentalism ieftin (slush), scuipat (drivel, gob, slaver, spit, spittle), salivã (drivel, gob, saliva, slaver, spit, spittle), umple cu bale, i curge balele, face de mântuialã (fudge, mess, muddle, underwork), bale (slabber, slaver, slime), acoperi cu bale (slaver), îmbãla. (various references)

Russian		слюни, пустить слюни. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bale (drivel, slaver, snivel, snot), balaviti (drool, snivel). (various references)

Spanish		babear (dribble, drool, slaver), baba (raft, slaver, slime, spittle). (various references)

Swedish		dregla (dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slaver). (various references)

Thai		แส�"งความรู้สึกมากเกินไป, น้ำลาย (drivel, drool, flob, mucoid), ทำให้เปื้อนน้ำลาย, ทำให้น้ำลายไหล, ทำน้ำลายไหล, การเขียนหรือพู�"แส�"งความรู้สึกมากเกินไป. (various references)

Turkish		salyası akmak (dribble, drivel, drool, slaver), salya sümük öpmek, salya (dribble, saliva, salivary, slaver, spit, spittle, sputum), ağzından akmak, ağzının suyu akmak (desire longingly, lick one's chops, lick one's lips, slaver, slaver for), aşırı duygusal sözler (goo). (various references)

Ukrainian		слинотеча (salivation), слина (drivel, saliva, slaver, spittle, sputum, water), розпустити нюні, грязь (mud, ordure, plonk, slob, smudge, soil), пускати слину, працювати сяк-так. (various references)

Vietnamese		nước dãi chuyện uỷ mị sướt mướt tình cảm uỷ mị (slabber). (various references)

Welsh		glafoerion (drivel), glafoerio (drivel). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "slobber": slobbered, slobberer, slobberers, slobbering, slobbers, slobbery. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Slobber" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: siober, slabbed, slobby, slobe, slobier, snobber. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "slobber" (pronounced slÄ"ber)
4	-l Ä" b er	clobber.
3	-Ä" b er	bobber, jobber, macabre, robber.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: lobbers.
	Words within the letters "b-b-e-l-o-r-s"
	-1 letter: lobber, robles, sobber.
	-2 letters: blebs, blobs, boles, bores, brose, lobes, lores, loser, orles, robes, roble, roles, sober, sorel.
	-3 letters: bels, bleb, blob, bobs, bole, bore, bros, ebbs, eros, lobe, lobs, lore, lose, obes, oles, orbs, ores, orle, rebs, robe, robs, roes, role, rose, slob, sloe, sole, sorb, sore.
	-4 letters: bel, bob, bos, bro, ebb.
	Words containing the letters "b-b-e-l-o-r-s"
	+1 letter: belabors, clobbers, cobblers, gobblers, hobblers, lobbyers, nobblers, slobbers, slobbery, slobbier, sorbable, wobblers.
	+2 letters: belabours, probables, slobbered, slobberer.
	+3 letters: absorbable, adsorbable, bobsledder, observable, observably, slobberers, slobbering, subproblem.
	+4 letters: blockbuster, bobsledders, bottlebrush, letterbombs, observables, subproblems.
	+5 letters: bibliolaters, blockbusters, boatbuilders, bodybuilders, breechblocks, broomballers, secobarbital, unobservable.
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