Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slubber

/ˈslʌbɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slub-ber
IPA: /ˈslʌbɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do (something) hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily.

Transitive verb

verb

To cover or daub (something) carelessly with a substance; to stain.

Transitive verb

verb

Intransitive verb

noun

A person who, or a machine which, slubs.

Example Sentences

"[H]e [Antonio] anſvvered, do not ſo, / Slubber not buſineſs for my ſake, Baſſanio, / But ſtay the very riping of the time"
"[T]here is no art that hath bin more canker'd in her principles, more ſoyl'd, and ſlubber'd vvith aphoriſming pedantry then the art of policie; […]"
"It grows colder, and grayer, and penguins cry in the night, and huge amphibians moan and slubber."

Etymology

Compare Danish slubbre (“to swallow, to sup up”), and English slabber.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈslʌbɚ/
British English: /ˈslʌbə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

slubbers (present, singular) slubbering (participle, present) slubbered (participle, past) slubbered (past) slubbers (plural)

Derived Forms

slubberingly

Rhymes With

rubber blubber scrubber grubber flubber bubber subber dubber snubber nubber stubber chubber

Questions

How do you pronounce slubber?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈslʌbɚ/.
What does slubber mean?: To do (something) hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily.
Where does slubber come from?: Compare Danish slubbre (“to swallow, to sup up”), and English slabber.

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