Slabbers vs Slubbers - What's the difference?
slabbers | slubbers |
(slabber)
To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel; slaver.
To eat hastily or in a slovenly manner, as liquid food.
To wet and befoul by liquids falling carelessly from the mouth; slaver; slobber.
* Arbuthnot
To cover, as with a liquid spill; soil; befoul.
* Tusser
As verbs the difference between slabbers and slubbers
is that slabbers is third-person singular of slabber while slubbers is third-person singular of slubber.As nouns the difference between slabbers and slubbers
is that slabbers is plural of lang=en while slubbers is plural of lang=en.slabbers
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Verb
(head)Noun
(head)slabber
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) slaberen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)- He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his great tongue.
- The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost / That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost.