slobber

UK: /ˈslɒbə^r/ US: /ˈslɑbɚ/ ,(slob′ər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

slob•ber /ˈslɑbɚ/  v. 

1. Physiology to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth:
   [no object] The dog was slobbering all over the baby.
2. to wet or make foul with saliva:
   [~ + object] The dog is slobbering the baby.
3. to express one's feelings too sentimentally:
   [no object] slobbering about how much he loved her.

n. [uncountable]

4. Physiology saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth;
   slaver.
5. overly sentimental speech or actions.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

slob•ber  (slob′ər), v.i. 

1. Physiology to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth;
   slaver;
   drivel.
2. to indulge in mawkish sentimentality:
   My family slobbered all over me when I finally got home.

v.t. 

3. to wet or make foul by slobbering:
   The baby has slobbered his bib.
4. Physiology to let (saliva or liquid) run from the mouth:
   The baby slobbered milk on his bib.
5. to utter with slobbering:
   He sobbed and slobbered the bad news.

n. 

6. Physiology saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth;
   slaver.
7. mawkishly sentimental speech or actions.

Also, slabber. 

• Middle English (noun, nominal and verb, verbal), variant of slabber. See slab², -er⁶ 1350–1400

slob′ber•er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. drool, dribble, slop.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

slobber / ˈslɒbə/, slabber verb

1. to dribble (saliva, food, etc) from the mouth
2. (intransitive) to speak or write mawkishly
3. (transitive) to smear with matter dribbling from the mouth

noun

1. liquid or saliva spilt from the mouth
2. maudlin language or behaviour

Etymology: 15th Century: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slubberen; see slaver²

ˈslobberer, ˈslabberer noun

ˈslobbery, ˈslabbery adjective