FromMiddle Englishsloberen, borrowed fromMiddle Dutchslobberen (> ModernDutchslobberen(“to slobber”)), related toWest Frisianslobberje(“to slurp”),German Low Germanslubbern(“to slobber”).Doublet ofslabber andslaver. Compare alsoGermanschlabbern(“to slobber”). Not related toEnglishslob.
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slobber (countable anduncountable,pluralslobbers)
slobber (third-person singular simple presentslobbers,present participleslobbering,simple past and past participleslobbered)
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