Thesaurus results for SLOBBER

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noun

Definition of slobber

as in saliva

the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands the dog got slobber all over our tennis ball

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as in babble

unintelligible or meaningless talk I couldn't make out any of the panhandler's slobber, but I gave the poor soul a buck anyway

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verb

ˈslä-bər

as in to drool

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth our dog always starts to slobber whenever we open a can of food

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as in to rave

to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm right on cue, his entourage of sycophants began to slobber over every inane thing he said

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Noun

Pet urine and feces from accidents or animals who mark their territory can also add bad odors, and dog breeds that drool excessively can smell worse thanks to extra slobber. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026 Valerie Bertinelli isn’t grossed out by a little dog slobber. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025

Verb

No more Romo slobbering, Star Wars is dead & what's the best time for an NFL game? — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 This time around, under Rupert Goold’s actor-forward direction and with Guirgis’s distinctive voiciness, the story has more in common with the canine of its title — there’s a little more swagger, sweetness, and slobber, a little more desire to please. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slobber

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slobber

Noun

Participants also reported that this method was much easier and more comfortable than collecting saliva with conventional swabs.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
An ancient, slow-moving, and catastrophically dangerous virus transferred from mammal to mammal through the saliva of the infected.

— Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

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And three, sometimes four, of those many waking hours are spent in the car — bouncing from home to school to her second or third job and home again — with music at full blast to drown out the babble of anxiety, most of it financial.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Companies modelled after Mary Kay that have reprised empowerment babble for their founders’ gain are mentioned but receive scarce judgment.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Definition of babble

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Dogs that spend time outdoors, shed heavily, drool frequently, or have accidents may need more frequent cleaning.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2026
Mix these finds into your work wardrobe or your off-duty ensembles—they’re versatile enough to do it all, and the festive palette is worth drooling over.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of drool

Noun

The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of prattle

Verb

The tokens burned spitting out anti-Waymo opinions are part of a monthslong battle between Waymo and its rivals over whether the autonomous driving company can operate commercially on the streets of several major cities.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
The handout compared the pros and cons of the vitamin K shot with oral vitamin K drops, noting that the drawbacks of the drops are that some babies may not be able to absorb them or may spit them up.

— Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of spit

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Ferguson credits success to his deep local roots, an emphasis on making people’s lives better, ignoring culture-war nonsense, and knocking (implausibly) on 48,000 doors.

— Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
But most of this energy price escalation stems from Joe Biden’s anti-fossil-energy, Green New Deal nonsense.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of nonsense

Noun

The $120 whole chicken sparked plenty of online chatter, though the $65 half-chicken is substantial enough for a party of four.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
There has been chatter about teams tanking to avoid being elevated to the Open Division.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

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