单词 | slobbering |
释义 | slobberingn. The action of slobber v. (in various senses); the fact or habit of slobbering; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [noun] slaveringc1325 slabbering1611 slobbering1649 slobbing1860 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of slubbering1582 slobbering1649 scambling1659 skirting1687 steamboating1826 scamping1862 slur1882 1649 J. Brayne Churches Resurrection 28 The Emperor..judged it more honest that the place should serve for the worship of God.., then to the dirty slobering of Cooks and Scullions. 1768 J. Trusler Country Election i. iii. 18 Zounds, what argufies all his kissing and slobbering? a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 226 Amidst all his [sc. Titian's] dashing and slobbering, there is still remaining [etc.]. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. ix. 39 This flow of eloquence was accompanied by the strangest, most buffoonical grimaces and slobberings I ever beheld. 1839 T. Hood Lit. & Literal 14 The slobbering of a hungry Ursine Sloth. 1885 Daily-Enquirer Sun (Columbus, Georgia) 15 Jan. Hospitality is one thing and silly gush is quite another thing. Sentimental slobbering doesn't become the man of Georgia. 1919 W. A. Stocking Man. Milk Products iv. 113 Fermentation can be prevented by starting..with a clean bottle, preventing the slobbering of the milk over the outside of the bottle, and adding a small amount of a preservative. 1989 T. J. Harris Children's Live-action Musical Films 15 The wittiness of this last line of dialogue, combined with the hysterical slobberings of the guard.., result in eliciting not a wince but a hearty chuckle. 2010 Amer. Art 24 77/2 In a dog, slobbering is involuntary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). slobberingadj. That slobbers (in various senses of the verb); given to slobbering; esp. slavering, drooling. Cf. slobbery adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adjective] drivellingOE slobbering1573 slavering1592 slabbering1630 foaming1717 dribbly1909 dribbling- the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adjective] > characterized by slobberya1398 slaveryc1430 slobbering1573 slavering1575 slabbering1583 1573 T. Churchyard in T. Bedingfield tr. G. Cardano Comforte To Rdr. sig. A5v If you but reade your sences a sleepe.., you gaine little by this woorke, and loose but labour with slobberinge handes or head to blot or blemishe the beauty of this booke. 1609 S. Grahame Anat. Humors f. 41 She [sc. an vnnaturall mother] will not nourish them, nor fyle her fine cloathes with slobbring younglings.., for the bewtie of her snowe-white skinne must not be blabered with sucklings. 1782 W. Mason Dean & Squire in Wks. (1810) 422/1 When, bless each little slobbering mouth, It had not cut a single tooth. 1830 E. Hawkins Anglo-Fr. Coinage 154 The prince is a slobbering idiot. 1891 H. G. Cutler World's Fair 581 Painting a scene of splendor and delicate beauty with the slobbering brush of a bill-poster. 1922 M. Johnson Cannibal-land i. 15 He lifted the whole handful of pills to his slobbering lips and downed them at a gulp. 1967 Sports Illustr. 23 Jan. 32/1 The pregame ceremonies were so moving..that visiting sports-writers were left slobbering sentimentalists. 2016 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 29 Mar. g 1 Some markets jump all over you, a bit like a slobbering dog, trying to will you to like them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1649adj.1573 |
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