Definition of Slabbering

1. Verb. (present participle of slabber) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slabbering

1. slabber [v] - See also: slabber

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slabbering

skywriting
skywritings
skywritten
skywrote
sl*t
sl*ts
slab
slab-off
slab-off lens
slab on grade
slabbed
slabber
slabbered
slabberer
slabberers
slabbering (current term)
slabbers
slabbery
slabbier
slabbiest
slabbiness
slabbing
slabby
slablike
slabs
slack
slack-jawed
slack off
slack suit
slack tide

Literary usage of Slabbering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby Francis Grose, Pierce Egan by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan (1823)
"slabbering BIB. A parson's or lawyer's band. SLAG. A slack-mettled fellow, one not ready to resent an affront. SLAM. A trick : also, a game at whist lost ..."

2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"A slabbering kiss, SB —I maun kiss her, 'cause I was'the woo'r My father briskly loot me see the gate—But fi-ae my father mon ya sluik she gat, An' I, ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To take food in a dirty slabbering manner. ... The act of taking food in a slabbering manner, ibid. 2. The noise made by breathing through mucus ; also, ..."

4. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories: With Two by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1880)
"He wore a red cap faced with yellow, a yellow " slabbering-bib." a blue doublet, red hose, and black shoes. He represents an overgrown baby, ..."

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