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as in saliva
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands the dog got slobber all over our tennis ball

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verb

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as in to drool
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth our dog always starts to slobber whenever we open a can of food

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as in to rave
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm right on cue, his entourage of sycophants began to slobber over every inane thing he said

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Recent Examples of slobber
Noun
Jack Harlow Gets Some Puppy Love Before Heading to the Met Gala 14 hr 54 min ago Jack Harlow can't resist an adorable pooch — and isn't scared of messing up his polished Met Gala look with some puppy slobber. Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024 All Ellie has to worry about is the slobber from its kisses. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
Verb
Both cases generated a certain slobbering shorthand: the Cigar and the Blue Dress were, for Beecher, the Ragged Edge Letter and the Pistol Incident. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024 The 30 Best Hotels in Tokyo Brandon Presser LA: [laughs] AM: ... slobbering all over you. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for slobber
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slobber
Noun
  • The person may also produce a lot of saliva and appear agitated, thrashing arms and legs.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In this case, immune system markers in their saliva samples will help researchers evaluate how the body reacts to space radiation.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Knott’s culinary and bakery teams have created a feast for our Instagram feeds that will make our followers drool and want to head into the fog during the 52nd installment of Scary Farm.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Thank you to this show for giving us so many things to drool over every season.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Reviewers rave about how much the lazy Susans help with pantry organization.
    Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Thousands of Amazon shoppers rave about the Activscience Neck Firming Cream for its skin-tightening, wrinkle-fighting powers, and now it’s marked down to $25.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • As stated, the rules committee is starting to crack down on any sort of action that would be deemed as unsportsmanlike, and that was evident in Week 1 when Eagles star Jalen Carter was ejected for spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • But these surveys, many of them credible and worth considering, often spit out different data, allowing interested readers to draw different, sometimes contradictory, conclusions.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Every four years, we are told that this is the most important election in history, which is a lot of errant nonsense.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This type of nonsense from [in-laws] is what wears on you over the years.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My senses sharpened, my breath slowed, and the chatter in my head went quiet.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • After plenty of chatter, Thug is attempting to finally control his narrative and the reclamation of the Atlanta rapper is on.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024

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“Slobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slobber. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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