verb / noun

slobber

SLOB-er/ˈslɑːbər/

Saliva flowing from the mouth.

Slobber hangs from the dog's lower lip toward the wet spot below.

A relaxed dog with its mouth slightly open, a clear strand of saliva running from its lower lip toward a small wet spot beneath its muzzle.

Etymology

slobberMiddle Englishto dribble from the mouth

Middle English sloberen already described dribbling from the mouth. Its probable imitative origin, alongside comparisons with words for slurping, suggests an echo of wet mouth sounds.

In context

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More examples

A string of slobber hangs from the puppy's mouth.
He wipes the slobber from the toy before returning it.
The excited dog keeps slobbering over the visitors.

Forms

slobber · slobbers · slobbered · slobbering

Similar words

drool: The more ordinary word for saliva flowing from the mouth.
saliva: Saliva is the fluid itself; slobber especially describes it flowing messily from the mouth.