What does slabber mean?
Definitions for slabber
slab·ber
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word slabber.
Princeton's WordNet
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribbleverb
let saliva drivel from the mouth
"The baby drooled"
Wiktionary
slabbernoun
Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
slabberverb
To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
slabberverb
To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
slabberverb
To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.
slabberverb
To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.
Etymology: From slaberen, from slabberen, from *, from slabrōnan, from slap-. Cognate with slabbern, schlabbern, slafra. More at slaver.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Slabberverb
He slabbered me all over, from cheek to cheek, with his great tongue. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.
The milk pan and cream pot so slabber’d and soft,
That butter is wanting, and cheese is half lost. Thomas Tusser.To Slabberverb
Etymology: slabben, slabberen, Dutch.
Wikipedia
Slabber
Slabber is a surname.
ChatGPT
slabber
Slabber generally refers to the action of speaking without clear thought, coherency or control, often characterized by drooling or spitting. It can also refer to the action of excessively or thoughtlessly spreading or smearing something.
Webster Dictionary
Slabberverb
to let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool
Slabberverb
to wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle
Slabberverb
to spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking
Slabbernoun
spittle; saliva; slaver
Slabbernoun
a saw for cutting slabs from logs
Slabbernoun
a slabbing machine
Etymology: [See 1st Slab.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Slabber
slab′ėr, v.i. to slaver: to let the saliva fall from the mouth: to drivel.—v.t. to wet with saliva.—n. Slabb′erer.—adj. Slabb′ery.—n. Slabb′iness.—adj. Slabb′y. [Allied to Low Ger. and Dut. slabbern; imit. Doublet slaver.]
Editors Contribution
slabber
In Scotland a pavior. Layer of paving .
Submitted by doug_rowson on October 14, 2021
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of slabber in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of slabber in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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