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as in saliva
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
the dog got slobber all over our tennis ball
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as in babble
unintelligible or meaningless talk
I couldn't make out any of the panhandler's slobber, but I gave the poor soul a buck anyway
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Recent Examples of slobber
Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
Best pals love to ride along in cars with their owners, and this waterproof universal dog seat cover keeps the slobber and paw prints to a minimum.
—Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
His Bernstein is like a combination of Mozart and golden retriever, driven by a sloppy, almost slobbering overabundance of creative energy and love — for music, for men, for everything.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
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Noun
Even in the absence of extra outdoorsiness or dog slobber, Lim isn’t very concerned about the behavioral mitigations people picked up.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
Best pals love to ride along in cars with their owners, and this waterproof universal dog seat cover keeps the slobber and paw prints to a minimum.
—Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
Verb
Get tickets here or get marginally more information here, and/or read my overly long slobbering praise of w00tstock here.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
His Bernstein is like a combination of Mozart and golden retriever, driven by a sloppy, almost slobbering overabundance of creative energy and love — for music, for men, for everything.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slobber
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The agency also suggests not touching surfaces or materials contaminated with saliva, mucous or animal feces from wild or domestic birds and animals confirmed or suspected to have bird flu as well as not consuming raw milk or raw milk products.Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Avoid touching your mouth, nose, or eyes after contact with birds or surfaces that may be contaminated with saliva, mucous, or feces from wild or domestic birds.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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In babies and toddlers, the first signs, such as drooling and scratching, may appear mild.Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 7 Jan. 2025
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Public health officials are urging residents who may have fed their pets Monarch raw products or other raw meat or dairy products, and who may have noticed their pet acting peculiar — lethargic, loss of motor control, drooling, etc. — to immediately contact their veterinarian.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Customers rave about its quick charging time, as noted in over 500 positive reviews.Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Reviewers rave about the buttery soft fabric that will make traveling more comfortable than ever.Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
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Within a few months of starting classes in 2021, Depa, then 16, had been suspended several times for pushing a teacher’s aide, spitting at another student, yelling at teachers and being aggressive toward staff.Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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The sun spits out a flare or coronal mass ejection (an explosion of solar material) that reaches Earth’s atmosphere.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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That ain't the show, the show is the nonsense that's happening in between John Wick.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, this rising international elite is creating something very different: a society in which superstition defeats reason and logic, transparency vanishes, and the nefarious actions of political leaders are obscured behind a cloud of nonsense and distraction.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Using Cell Phones with Reckless Abandon While the ballpark is filled with cheers and chatter, nobody wants to be seated next to the person who’s loudly carrying on a phone conversation in the middle of it—or have to dodge the hundredth selfie snapped by the person in front of them.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
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The compressed size of the court and the smaller arena mean players — and fans — will be able to hear much more on-court chatter.Remy Tumin, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
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Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
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“Slobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slobber. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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