slabber
slabber · slabbers
Moisture falling from the mouthMoisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
/ˈslæbə(ɹ)/
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver.
A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
log slabber
A slabbing machine.
Someone who makes slabs.
Origin
From Middle English slaberen, from Middle Dutch slabberen (“to lap, sup, slaver, slabber”)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.
From slab + -er.
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Forms
plural: slabbersLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable