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slobbering

slobbering is the present participle and gerund of slobber.

Meaning of slobber

Verb

slobber (third-person singular simple present slobbers, present participle slobbering, simple past and past participle slobbered)

  1. To allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth.
    • All babies slobber.
    Synonyms:
    drool, slaver
  2. (rain, etc) To fall thickly (viscously), like or as saliva.
    • […] rain slobbered over New York. Fifty-eighth Street's construction debris ran in murky rivulets. Martin, Bagel and I walked single file on wood planks through Avon's rough board tunnel.1980, Elaine Suss, A Money Marriage: A Novel, →ISBN
  3. (uncommon) To wet with or as if with saliva; to coat with dribbly liquid.
    • […] slobbering her neck with kisses while his hands were busy undressing her.2005 April 1, Alinka Zyrmont, (Please provide the book title or journal name), AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 58
  4. (colloquial) To kiss.
    • Finally, when they were all done slobbering around, old Sally introduced us.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 165
  5. (slang, transitive) To fellate.

See all 9 meanings of slobber

Noun

slobbering (plural slobberings)

  1. The act of one who slobbers.
    • the slobberings of a hungry dog

Forms of slobbering

pluralslobberings

Questions about slobbering

What does slobbering mean?
Slobbering means the act of one who slobbers.
What is slobbering the present participle and gerund of?
Slobbering is the present participle and gerund of slobber.
What part of speech is slobbering?
Slobbering is a noun.
What is the plural of slobbering?
The plural of slobbering is slobberings.

Words near slobbering in the dictionary

  1. Slobberhannes
  2. slobberier
  3. slobberiest
  4. slobberin'
  5. slobberiness
  6. slobbering
  7. slobberingly
  8. slobberings
  9. slobberknocker
  10. slobberknockers
  11. slobbers

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