# slobber

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈslɒbə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #78,134

## Definitions
1. Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
2. A dribbly shower (of rain).
3. Mud, muck; a miry, slushy or muddy mixture.
4. A jellyfish.
5. Attributive form of slobbers; causing or relating to the veterinary medical condition slobbers.

## Etymology
From Middle English sloberen, borrowed from Middle Dutch slobberen (> Modern Dutch slobberen (“to slobber”)), related to West Frisian slobberje (“to slurp”), German Low German slubbern (“to slobber”). Doublet of slabber and slaver. Compare also German schlabbern (“to slobber”). At least in the sense of "saliva", apparently not related to English slob, from Irish slaba (“mud”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slobber