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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
Christopher M. Worsham, STAT, 31 July 2020
All Ellie has to worry about is the slobber from its kisses.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
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
These vaccines also serve to protect the larger community since young children — who may not cover their coughs or realize that their slobber is infectious — contribute every cold and flu season to the spread of infectious diseases like influenza to other children and to the adults around them.
—Christopher M. Worsham, STAT, 31 July 2020
All Ellie has to worry about is the slobber from its kisses.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
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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This field includes liquid biopsy, referring to techniques that process bodily fluids such as blood, urine, and saliva for different disease biomarkers.—
Cat Wang,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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You’re Exposed to Tear Gas Tear gas is a thick, powdery fog that sticks to moisture like saliva, sweat, tears, and mucous membranes and causes an intense burning sensation.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
9 Apr. 2025
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There’s nothing wrong with ogling a juicy rack of ribs or drooling over a hunk of brisket slowly smoking over hot coals.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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In the painting Meaningless, 2003, for example, the words meaningless, senseless, and irrelevant eventually give way to blather, blabber, babble, then to drivel and drool, and, finally, to blah-blah-blah.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Verb
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My whole family raved about its sweet-tart flavor and creamy texture.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
26 May 2025
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Our experts always rave about these products too much.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
26 May 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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What does that do to people’s psyches that had served their country and now they’re being spit at?—
Ashley Spencer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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Time and time again, the AI spit out images that were strikingly, unmistakably...—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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This nonsense all tracks back to a May 9 visit Baraka, McIver and other members of Congress made to a New Jersey immigration detention center.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Stellar Blade was one of my favorite games of last year, a stellar (ha) action adventure title that did not deserve the culture war nonsense that surrounded it.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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On December 7, after a 4-2 defeat at Brentford, Newcastle were 12th in the table and, externally, there was chatter about Eddie Howe’s position.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Suddenly, though, there is a confluence of intriguing points: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that, if the chatter is to be believed, will see resistance in the Senate but that resistance will be about some combination of spending cuts and tax increases.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 May 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
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“Slobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slobber. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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