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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Recent Examples of slobber

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

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Noun

Advanced signs include anxiety, confusion, agitation, hallucinations, extreme thirst paired with panic at the sight of fluids, heavy saliva and aggressive thrashing or biting.

— The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
These medicines may be less helpful if the glands have been damaged and can no longer produce much saliva.

— Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of saliva

Noun

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
The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.

— Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026

Definition of babble

Verb

All three judges are basically drooling over how much pure quickstep content is in this routine despite some framework issues and the mistake at the end.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
Toward the end of the film, that kid is grown up and stuck in an incestuous relationship with his mother, while a nearly incapacitated Dau sits drooling nearby.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of drool

Verb

See also the frequency that Carter raves about problematic collaborators — Kanye!

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Delevingne is coming off raved about Cannes drama Club Kid, Worthington returned for the blockbuster Avatar franchise and Hemsworth last year had Netflix’s The Witcher.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of rave

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

Noun

The other two, the no-nonsense Clara (Ayanna Nicole Thomas) and the all-nonsense Farley (Gabriel Marcus Omlor), have a subplot of their own.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Ziegler says his team may find that a model produces nonsense under an unusual formatting request or that an external safety checker needs to intervene more frequently.

— Barbara Booth, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of nonsense

Noun

Industry chatter about the potential sale quieted after Vulcan’s recent booster woes.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
That sparked chatter about potential interest from another Dominican team (such as Licey, given a connection with his uncle, Erick Aybar) and/or from teams in Venezuela, with several reportedly inquiring.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of chatter

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