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beslobbering

beslobbering is the present participle and gerund of beslobber.

Meaning of beslobber

Verb

beslobber (third-person singular simple present beslobbers, present participle beslobbering, simple past and past participle beslobbered)

  1. (transitive) To wet, besmear, or befoul with spittle or anything running from the mouth; cover in slobber; bespawl.
    • For one moment I had a vision of a horrible mask like a giant toad's, of a warty, leprous skin, and of a loose mouth all beslobbered with fresh blood.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To slobber over with effusive kisses; praise or flatter fulsomely or in a fulsome manner.
    • The salaried Viceroy of France […] beslobbering his brother and his courtiers in a fit of maudlin affection.1828, Thomas Babington Macaulay, essay?

Questions about beslobbering

What is beslobbering the present participle and gerund of?
Beslobbering is the present participle and gerund of beslobber.

Words near beslobbering in the dictionary

  1. beslippered
  2. beslippering
  3. beslippers
  4. beslobber
  5. beslobbered
  6. beslobbering
  7. beslobbers
  8. beslubber
  9. beslubbered
  10. beslubbering
  11. beslubbers

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