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noun

plural of slobber
as in drools
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands the dog got slobber all over our tennis ball

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verb

present tense third-person singular of slobber
1
as in spits
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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2
as in raves
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 slobbers
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The pig slobbers mud on my right leg as Grace jaunts away. — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slobbers
  1. spits
  2. raves
  3. salivates
  4. gushes
  5. fusses
Verb
  • That shift matters because judgment, not technical execution, is becoming what separates a good analyst from a tool that just spits out answers.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The most forceful argument to this end comes during a sequence in Hades, when Sinon (Elliot Page, giving the film’s best performance) essentially spits on Odysseus’s ethical and narrative framework for the world.
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
Definition of spits
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  • My mom raves about Vuori loungewear, and there’s currently a pair of the brand’s airy, feather-soft wide-leg pants on sale for 25 percent off.
    — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Aemond raves about his horrible older brother who spent their youth tormenting him.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of raves
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  • The stars have been delivering the kind of high-fashion moments the industry at the center of the film salivates over, studies and celebrates.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of salivates
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  • Meyers, an almost parodic vision of an old soul, gushes praise in unfashionably complete sentences.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Clarkson gushes while the pair — both shedding tears — embrace.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of gushes
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  • Five-month-old Ladoo fusses in a hammock made from an old scarf.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of fusses

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