slobbered; slobbering
ˈslä-b(ə-)riŋ 
1
: to let saliva dribble from the mouth : drool
2
: to indulge the feelings effusively and without restraint
: to smear with or as if with dribbling saliva or food
1
: saliva drooled from the mouth
2
: driveling, sloppy, or incoherent utterance
Synonyms
Examples of slobber in a Sentence
Verb
Her baby just slobbered on the blanket.
The puppy slobbered all over me.
Noun
the dog got slobber all over our tennis ball
I couldn't make out any of the panhandler's slobber, but I gave the poor soul a buck anyway.
Recent Examples on the Web
Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
Three dogs live there too, slobbering all over everything and shedding so much that twice-daily vacuuming is sometimes necessary.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
She's found that a walnut finish hides slobber residue on kitchen cabinets between frequent wipe-downs.
—Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Much as Pavlov trained his dog to slobber at a sound, Kamran dropped various smelly compounds into tanks full of pinkie-length salmon fry, then added food pellets to get the fish to associate the odors with their meals.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache.
—Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
But beware, the lovable cuties do tend to slobber.
—Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 25 Nov. 2022
Football players slobber all over one other, but they are being regularly tested, and being on a team arguably gives them additional incentive to be careful—to wear masks and avoid parties.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2020
Trail fiends can slobber over the two-door Badlands trail rig, which includes a Warn winch, tube doors, and the inevitable roof rack.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2020
NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020
These vaccines also serve to protect the larger community since young children — who may not cover their coughs or realize that their slobber is infectious — contribute every cold and flu season to the spread of infectious diseases like influenza to other children and to the adults around them.
—Christopher M. Worsham, STAT, 31 July 2020
All Ellie has to worry about is the slobber from its kisses.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
Even in the absence of extra outdoorsiness or dog slobber, Lim isn’t very concerned about the behavioral mitigations people picked up.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
Best pals love to ride along in cars with their owners, and this waterproof universal dog seat cover keeps the slobber and paw prints to a minimum.
—Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
She's found that a walnut finish hides slobber residue on kitchen cabinets between frequent wipe-downs.
—Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022
Henry and Celia talk, a man whose directives grow clearer as the intentions behind them, behind this whole mysterious mess, grow more slippery (and as the actors’ makeup gets more distorted by slobber).
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2022
Other than getting covered in grizzly slobber, the system displayed no damage whatsoever.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 May 2019
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Verb
In the otherwise slobbering session with DeSantis, Brand almost begged him to agree that imposing an ideology on others was illiberal.
—Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
Three dogs live there too, slobbering all over everything and shedding so much that twice-daily vacuuming is sometimes necessary.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
She's found that a walnut finish hides slobber residue on kitchen cabinets between frequent wipe-downs.
—Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Much as Pavlov trained his dog to slobber at a sound, Kamran dropped various smelly compounds into tanks full of pinkie-length salmon fry, then added food pellets to get the fish to associate the odors with their meals.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache.
—Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
But beware, the lovable cuties do tend to slobber.
—Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 25 Nov. 2022
Football players slobber all over one other, but they are being regularly tested, and being on a team arguably gives them additional incentive to be careful—to wear masks and avoid parties.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2020
Trail fiends can slobber over the two-door Badlands trail rig, which includes a Warn winch, tube doors, and the inevitable roof rack.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2020
Noun
If so, consider soaking it in slobber.
—NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020
These vaccines also serve to protect the larger community since young children — who may not cover their coughs or realize that their slobber is infectious — contribute every cold and flu season to the spread of infectious diseases like influenza to other children and to the adults around them.
—Christopher M. Worsham, STAT, 31 July 2020
All Ellie has to worry about is the slobber from its kisses.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
Even in the absence of extra outdoorsiness or dog slobber, Lim isn’t very concerned about the behavioral mitigations people picked up.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
Best pals love to ride along in cars with their owners, and this waterproof universal dog seat cover keeps the slobber and paw prints to a minimum.
—Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
She's found that a walnut finish hides slobber residue on kitchen cabinets between frequent wipe-downs.
—Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022
Henry and Celia talk, a man whose directives grow clearer as the intentions behind them, behind this whole mysterious mess, grow more slippery (and as the actors’ makeup gets more distorted by slobber).
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2022
Other than getting covered in grizzly slobber, the system displayed no damage whatsoever.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 May 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English sloberen to eat in a slovenly manner; akin to Low German slubberen to sip
First Known Use
Verb
1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun
circa 1755, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Slobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slobber. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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