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slavering

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verb

present participle of slaver
as in drooling
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth a dog slavering over a bone

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Recent Examples of slavering
Verb
Dead Julian topples over her, slavering jaws snapping. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 The welcome wagon on their second night as pioneers was a slavering mob. Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavering
Adjective
  • The sunscreen is a great match for dry, oily, and combination skin, as well as complexions predisposed to breakouts and rosacea.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 June 2026
  • Fatty Fish Fatty or oily fish are fish and other seafood that naturally store oil all over their bodies, including their tissues and around their guts.
    Joy Emeh, Health, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • If chewed or ingested, some of these products can cause drooling, stomach upset, and other signs of toxicity in pets.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
  • This pitching matchup will have the purists drooling.
    Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Adjective
  • His widow doesn’t exactly look too broken up; less than a week after his death, Lee spots her snuggling with Dale’s brother Donald, an oleaginous candidate for governor played by Kyle MacLachlan.
    Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.
    David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
Verb
  • Rivian fans have been salivating over the R3X since it was first teased earlier that year.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 June 2026
  • These flourishes, recalling New York’s Jazz Age flamboyance, give the vast interior its fizz — and will inevitably have value engineers salivating to trim, slice, and simplify.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • Toxic fumes are leaking into airplanes and sickening passengers and crew members at an alarming rate, according to a September 2025 report by The Wall Street Journal.
    Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • The concept of this many women vying for West is somewhat sickening to me.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • First, play was allowed to restart, which was previously a hard stop on any VAR intervention — except violent conduct and spitting at someone.
    Ben Burrows, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • That's when LaPalme hit her in the face to prevent her from spitting again, a recording from the deputy's patrol camera showed.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • Follow by wiping the backsplash with warm, soapy water to remove any residue.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • Wash surfaces with warm, soapy water before sanitizing them with a solution mix of one tablespoon of chlorine bleach and one gallon of water.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • Except for the unfettered devotion in the latter is replaced by swooping strings and a gushy chorus that merely offer an antiseptic veneer.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • The announcement may come as a shock for country fans who have followed the couple through their sappy podcast appearances and gushy acceptance speeches.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026

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“Slavering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavering. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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