slabber
/ˈslæbə(ɹ)/verb, noun
slabber is spelled S-L-A-B-B-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, slabber means “To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in slabber?
| Letters | 7: S-L-A-B-B-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is slabber?
Slabber appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce slabber?
- /ˈslæbə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-slabber.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of slabber
- slabbers present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- slabbering participle, present
- slabbered participle, past
- slobber
- slubber
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slabber mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
- 2
To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
- 3
To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.
- 4
To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.
noun
- 1
Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
- 2
A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
log slabber
- 3
A slabbing machine.
- 4
Someone who makes slabs.
noun
- 1
USinformalAn inhabitant of Slab City, a snowbird campsite in the Colorado Desert in southeastern California.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does slabber come from?
From Middle English slaberen, from Middle Dutch slabberen (“to lap, sup, slaver, slabber”), from Old Dutch *slabron, from Proto-West Germanic *slabrōn, from Proto-Germanic *slabrōną (“to scrawl, make a mess”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Low German slabbern (“to slabber”), German schlabbern (“to slabber”), Icelandic slafra (“to slaver”). More at slaver.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).