slabber
1 of 3verb
slab·ber
ˈslabə(r)
-ed/-ing/-s
1
: slobber, drool
also : drivel
2
: gorge, bolt
slabber
2 of 3noun (1)
"
plural -s
: slobber, slaver
slabber
3 of 3noun (2)
slab·ber
ˈslabə(r),
-laab-
plural -s
: one that slabs: such as
a
: a saw for slabbing logs
b
: a machine for cutting soap into slabs
c
: milling machine
especially : planomiller
d
: a person that forms slabs (as by cutting) or fixes slabs in place (as by cementing)
e
: an operator of any slabber
Word History
Etymology
Verb
probably from Dutch slabberen, frequentative of slabben to slaver, from Middle Dutch
Noun (2)
slab entry 2 + -er
- (as) cute as a button
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a dodo
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) drunk as a lord
- (as) drunk as a skunk
- (as) dry as a bone
- (as) dull as dishwater
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) easy as ABC
- (as) easy as falling off a log
- (as) easy as pie
- (as) good as new
- (as) guilty as sin
- (as) guilty/miserable/ugly as sin
- (as) happy as a clam
- (as) hard/tough as nails
- (as) keen as mustard
- (as) large as life
- (as) near as someone can tell/figure
- (as) plain as day
- (as) plain as the nose on your face
- (as) pleased as punch
- (as) pretty as a picture
- (as) pure as the driven snow