slobber

v., -bered, -ber·ing, -bers.

v.intr.

1. To let saliva or liquid spill out from the mouth; drool.
2. To express sentiment or enthusiasm effusively or incoherently; gush.

v.tr.
To wet or smear with or as if with saliva or liquid dribbled from the mouth.

n.

1. Saliva or liquid running from the mouth; drool.
2. Effusive or incoherent expression; drivel.

[Middle English sloberen, perhaps of Low German origin.]

slobberer slob'ber·er n.
slobbery slob'ber·y adj.

Newly declassified documents reveal that in 1971, US president Richard Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, made highly unflattering remarks about Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi and the Indian people in general:

"'We really slobbered over the old witch,' Nixon told Kissinger."

Link: Nixon Called Indira Gandhi an 'Old Witch'

Posted June 30, 2005.

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verb

To let saliva run from the mouth: dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slaver. See dry/wet, mouth.

noun

Saliva running from the mouth: drivel, drool, salivation, slaver. See dry/wet, mouth.

1. moist dermatitis, or wet dewlap of rabbits; caused by continuous wetting of the dewlap due to poorly placed watering devices.
2. rhizoctonia leguminicola poisoning in cattle.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - savle, sjaske, jaske, sjuske
v. tr. - oversavle, savle til
n. - savl, sentimentalt sludder

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwijlen, vies eten, grienen, sentimenteel doen, kwijl, gezwijmel

Français (French)
v. intr. - baver
v. tr. - baver, faire baver
n. - bave

Deutsch (German)
v. - sabbern
n. - Geifer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τρέχουν τα σάλια μου, σαλιαρίζω
n. - σάλια

Italiano (Italian)
sbavare, bava

Português (Portuguese)
v. - choramingar, lacrimejar, babar
n. - beijo baboso (m), baba (f), baboseira (f)

Русский (Russian)
пускать слюни, распустить нюни, расплескивать, работать кое-как, слюна, сентиментальная болтовня, слякоть, беспрерывно моросящий дождь

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - babear
v. tr. - babosear, chafallar, estropear (un trabajo)
n. - baba, saliva

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dregla, dregla ner
n. - dregel, pjoller, fjoskigt prat

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
流口水, 说感情用事的话, 流口水弄湿, 口水, 感情用事的话

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 流口水, 說感情用事的話
v. tr. - 流口水弄濕
n. - 口水, 感情用事的話

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 군침을 흘리다, 지나치게 귀여워하다
v. tr. - 군침으로 더럽히다, 몹시 감상적으로 말하다
n. - 군침, 감상적인 언동, 퍼붓는 키스

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - よだれを垂らす, よだれで汚す, やたらとかわいがる
n. - よだれ, ひどく感傷的な話

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتكلم بطريقه عاطفيه جياشه, يسيل لعابه (الاسم) كلام أو عمل عاطفي, أللعاب ألسائل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רר, זב ריר‬
v. tr. - ‮הזיל רוק‬
n. - ‮רוק, ריר, השתפכות‬

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