Allowing saliva to drip from the mouth, usually uncontrollably; drooling messily.
From 'slabber' or 'slobber,' possibly from Dutch 'slobberen' or Old Norse origins. The word likely imitates the sound of messy drooling. It entered English in the 1600s as a colloquial term.
This word is almost pure onomatopoeia—it sounds like what it means! Compare it to words like 'slurp' and 'splash' which also sound like their meanings. English speakers invented 'slobber' because sometimes you need a word that sounds as messy as the thing it describes.
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