slabber
Plural: slabbers
Verb
Verb Forms: slabbered, slabbering, slabbers
- To slobber or let saliva dribble from the mouth.
- let saliva drivel from the mouth
- To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
- To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
- To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.
- To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.
Noun
- Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
- A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
- A slabbing machine.
Examples
- Seeing my opponent SLABBER with excitement, I knew they had a bingo in hand.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English slaberen, from Middle Dutch slabberen (“to lap, sup, slaver, slabber”), from Old Dutch *slabron, from Proto-West Germanic *slabrōn, from Proto-Germanic *slabrōną (“to scrawl, make a mess”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Low German slabbern (“to slabber”), German schlabbern (“to slabber”), Icelandic slafra (“to slaver”). More at slaver.
Scrabble Score: 11
slabber: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordslabber: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
slabber: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
slabber: valid Words With Friends Word