Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slabber

/ˈslæbə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: slab-ber
IPA: /ˈslæbə(ɹ)/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.

Intransitive verb

verb

To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.

Transitive verb

verb

To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.

Transitive verb

verb

To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.

Transitive verb

noun

Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A saw for cutting slabs from logs.

noun

A slabbing machine.

noun

Someone who makes slabs.

Example Sentences

"At the ſame time he clap'd me on the Back, and ſlabber'd me all over from Cheek to Cheek, vvith his great Tongue."
"The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost / That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost."
"log slabber"

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: slaberen, slabberen, *slabron, *slabrōn, *slabrōną
Suffix: slab

Usage

Inflected Forms

slabbers (present, singular) slabbering (participle, present) slabbered (participle, past) slabbered (past) slobber (alternative) slubber (alternative) slabbers (plural)

Derived Forms

beslabber slabberer slabbery

Synonyms

drivel drool slaver slobber dribble

Rhymes With

grabber aber jabber gabber clabber yabber babber

Questions

How do you pronounce slabber?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈslæbə(ɹ)/.
What does slabber mean?: To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
Where does slabber come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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