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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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Recent Examples of slobber
Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
If so, consider soaking it in slobber.
—NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020
Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
The 30 Best Hotels in Tokyo Brandon Presser LA: [laughs]
AM: ... slobbering all over you.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
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Noun
Jack Harlow Gets Some Puppy Love Before Heading to the Met Gala
14 hr 54 min ago
Jack Harlow can't resist an adorable pooch — and isn't scared of messing up his polished Met Gala look with some puppy slobber.
—Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
If so, consider soaking it in slobber.
—NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020
Verb
Both cases generated a certain slobbering shorthand: the Cigar and the Blue Dress were, for Beecher, the Ragged Edge Letter and the Pistol Incident.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
The 30 Best Hotels in Tokyo Brandon Presser LA: [laughs]
AM: ... slobbering all over you.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slobber
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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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
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IndieWire’s David Ehrlich raved about this brilliant movie out of Sundance with an A-grade review.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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Superman was a hot mess of a movie, but fans and critics alike raved about it.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
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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
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While countless users dismissed the theories as nonsense, the dog pile had begun causing the hot takes to go viral.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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Bon Jovi’s team dismissed word of the tour as nonsense.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
14 Aug. 2025
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That means subway rumbles, office chatter, and café chaos all fade into the background.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Aug. 2025
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For years, there has been chatter among technologists in national security circles about the need to improve software delivery in the federal government.—
Lisa Umberger,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
Cite this Entry
“Slobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slobber. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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