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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
Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
Even in the absence of extra outdoorsiness or dog slobber, Lim isn’t very concerned about the behavioral mitigations people picked up.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
Get tickets here or get marginally more information here, and/or read my overly long slobbering praise of w00tstock here.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
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Noun
All Ellie has to worry about is the slobber from its kisses.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
Even in the absence of extra outdoorsiness or dog slobber, Lim isn’t very concerned about the behavioral mitigations people picked up.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
Verb
The 30 Best Hotels in Tokyo Brandon Presser LA: [laughs]
AM: ... slobbering all over you.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
Get tickets here or get marginally more information here, and/or read my overly long slobbering praise of w00tstock here.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slobber
Noun
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The testing required customers to submit a saliva sample by mail to then receive personalized genetic reports, which has resulted in the company holding the genetic data of more than 15 million customers.—
Miranda Nazzaro,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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People get hantavirus from exposure to infected rats, mice and other rodents, including when they are exposed to their urine, droppings or saliva, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Fair to say that the Ichiban has already accomplished its primary objective of getting moto nerds to drool over it on their phone screens – even though there is little likelihood that it will be built as it is envisioned.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2025
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Pay attention for signs of distress: panting, drooling, a high heart rate, dry nose, lethargy, or even vomiting, staggering or seizures.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In April 2024, Yelp named it one of the best brunch spots in the United States as people went online to rave about the food, customer service and outdoor seating, McClatchy News reported.—
Simone Jasper,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2025
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Redick has used the term to describe the Lakers’ video coordinators, to rave about Portland’s Toumani Camara’s defense and the impact of Jarred Vanderbilt’s return from injury.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 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
Verb
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Did Roger Waters actually spit on your face at the final stop of the Animals tour in 1977?—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
2 May 2025
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She even, no joke, at one point, spits on the stage and licks it back up.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Faced with a phrase that has no inherent meaning, the AI Overview still makes a good-faith effort to answer the user's request and draw some plausible explanation out of troll-worthy nonsense.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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None of this ‘support the teams from your country in Europe’ nonsense.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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There has been a lot of chatter on the internet and social media in recent weeks that ALDI’s Summit Diet Cola is just as good, or even better, than the original.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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His dramas, rarely built on tightly interlocking shards of plot, are instead propelled by ambient forces: blasts of music, gusts of chatter.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 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
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Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
5 June 2023
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“Slobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slobber. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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