as in saliva
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
slaver dripped from the snarling dog's jaws
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Recent Examples of slaver
WIRED, 24 June 2023
Not backed up by the whole of law enforcement, mind you, because otherwise, there’d be no story, no slavering depictions of depravity, no waltz into the abyss and no righteous body count.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The Vigilance Committee subscribed to papers including the Baltimore Sun and Richmond Dispatch, which carried advertisements from slavers looking for runaways.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Jan. 2025
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Verb
It’s aided in this by the natural grandeur of its painterly environments, which, even when littered with dead bodies and slavering monsters, create an imperative to preserve a fictional world that extends beyond exposition about the importance of doing so.
—WIRED, 24 June 2023
Not backed up by the whole of law enforcement, mind you, because otherwise, there’d be no story, no slavering depictions of depravity, no waltz into the abyss and no righteous body count.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Noun
An exception was post-apartheid South Africa, where Jaco Boshoff, a researcher at the Iziko Museums, was looking for a Dutch slaver called the Meermin.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The Vigilance Committee subscribed to papers including the Baltimore Sun and Richmond Dispatch, which carried advertisements from slavers looking for runaways.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaver
Verb
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Alice killing Jane gets its own paragraph: After awkwardly running like Taylor Swift in that treadmill commercial, Alice hops over Jane, grabs her by the throat, and feeds her to a drooling wolf.—
Wolfgang Ruth,
Vulture,
1 May 2025
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Symptoms may include excessive panting, glazed eyes, lethargy, drooling, vomiting, or confusion.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Saliva test for breast cancer University of Florida researchers have improved a handheld device to detect breast cancer in saliva, simplifying the design and confirming its accuracy.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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Conditions like acid reflux, dry mouth and eating disorders can accelerate enamel loss as well by increasing acid exposure or reducing saliva, which normally helps neutralize harmful acids.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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If that didn’t prevent the irritation, the protists used their cilia to spit water at the pipette.—
Claire L. Evans,
Quanta Magazine,
30 July 2025
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One moment there’s a dual-headed hydra spitting flame in the city river, next there’s an all-out jet ski race bathed in gunfire.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Preserved in Klum’s mental baby book is a memory from the very first episode, when designers had to transform finds from the grocery store into styles the judges would salivate over.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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The initiative was a high priority for Wall Street, which salivated at the opportunity to manage this massive pool of cash and earn fees on all those assets.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 July 2025
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“Slaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaver. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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