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Meaning of "slubber" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SLUBBER

slubber  [ˈslʌbə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLUBBER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slubber is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb slubber in English.

WHAT DOES SLUBBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of slubber in the English dictionary

The definition of slubber in the dictionary is to smear, daub. Other definition of slubber is to do in a hurried or imperfect manner.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLUBBER

PRESENT

Present
I slubber
you slubber
he/she/it slubbers
we slubber
you slubber
they slubber
Present continuous
I am slubbering
you are slubbering
he/she/it is slubbering
we are slubbering
you are slubbering
they are slubbering
Present perfect
I have slubbered
you have slubbered
he/she/it has slubbered
we have slubbered
you have slubbered
they have slubbered
Present perfect continuous
I have been slubbering
you have been slubbering
he/she/it has been slubbering
we have been slubbering
you have been slubbering
they have been slubbering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I slubbered
you slubbered
he/she/it slubbered
we slubbered
you slubbered
they slubbered
Past continuous
I was slubbering
you were slubbering
he/she/it was slubbering
we were slubbering
you were slubbering
they were slubbering
Past perfect
I had slubbered
you had slubbered
he/she/it had slubbered
we had slubbered
you had slubbered
they had slubbered
Past perfect continuous
I had been slubbering
you had been slubbering
he/she/it had been slubbering
we had been slubbering
you had been slubbering
they had been slubbering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will slubber
you will slubber
he/she/it will slubber
we will slubber
you will slubber
they will slubber
Future continuous
I will be slubbering
you will be slubbering
he/she/it will be slubbering
we will be slubbering
you will be slubbering
they will be slubbering
Future perfect
I will have slubbered
you will have slubbered
he/she/it will have slubbered
we will have slubbered
you will have slubbered
they will have slubbered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been slubbering
you will have been slubbering
he/she/it will have been slubbering
we will have been slubbering
you will have been slubbering
they will have been slubbering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would slubber
you would slubber
he/she/it would slubber
we would slubber
you would slubber
they would slubber
Conditional continuous
I would be slubbering
you would be slubbering
he/she/it would be slubbering
we would be slubbering
you would be slubbering
they would be slubbering
Conditional perfect
I would have slubber
you would have slubber
he/she/it would have slubber
we would have slubber
you would have slubber
they would have slubber
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been slubbering
you would have been slubbering
he/she/it would have been slubbering
we would have been slubbering
you would have been slubbering
they would have been slubbering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you slubber
we let´s slubber
you slubber
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to slubber
Past participle
slubbered
Present Participle
slubbering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLUBBER


blubber
ˈblʌbə
bubba
ˈbʌbə
clubber
ˈklʌbə
drubber
ˈdrʌbə
dubber
ˈdʌbə
flubber
ˈflʌbə
grubber
ˈɡrʌbə
hubba-hubba
ˈhʌbəˈhʌbə
landlubber
ˈlændˌlʌbə
lubber
ˈlʌbə
money-grubber
ˈmʌnɪˌɡrʌbə
nightclubber
ˈnaɪtˌklʌbə
nonrubber
ˌnɒnˈrʌbə
rubber
ˈrʌbə
scrubber
ˈskrʌbə
snubber
ˈsnʌbə
tubber
ˈtʌbə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLUBBER

slub
slubbed
slubberdegullion
slubberingly
slubbing
slubby
sludge
sludgier
sludgiest
sludgy
slue
sluff
slug
slug it out
slugabed
slugfest
sluggard
sluggardise
sluggardize
sluggardliness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLUBBER

butyl rubber
cold rubber
composition rubber
crepe rubber
foam rubber
grabber
hard rubber
India rubber
ink rubber
jabber
jobber
latex rubber
pan scrubber
pencil rubber
robber
smoked rubber
sorbo rubber
sponge rubber
synthetic rubber
wild rubber

Synonyms and antonyms of slubber in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slubber» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLUBBER

Find out the translation of slubber to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slubber from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slubber» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

slubber
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

slubber
570 millions of speakers

English

slubber
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

slubber
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

slubber
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

молокоприемниками
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

slubber
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

slubber
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

slubber
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slubber
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

slubber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

slubber
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

slubber
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slubber
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm dơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

slubber
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्लबबर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tembellik eder
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

torcitoio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

slubber
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

молокопріемнікамі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slubber
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

slubber
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slordig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slubber
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slubber
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slubber

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUBBER»

The term «slubber» is used very little and occupies the 155.744 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUBBER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «slubber» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «slubber» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slubber

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUBBER»

Discover the use of slubber in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slubber and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction
The frame at which this is done is called a slubbering billy, and the man who performs it a slubber. There is nothing similar to the process of slubbing in the worsted and cotton manufactories, and it is necessary to bear this in mind, for it will ...
Thomas Byerley, John Timbs, 1835
2
The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
I saw Bassanio and Antonio part : Bassanio told him, he would make some speed Of his return ; he answer'd — Do not so, Slubber not 7 business for my sake, Bassanio, But stay the very riping of the time ; And for the Jews bond, which he hath ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
3
The Farmer's Magazine
The frame at which this is done is called a slabbering billy, and the man who performs it a slubber. There is nothing similar to the process of stubbing in the worsted and cotton manufactories ; and it Is necessary to bear this in mind, for it will ...
‎1835
4
Wages and Hours of Labor in Cotton Goods Manufacturing and ...
Doffing a slubber takes about 10 minutes, and each frame has to be doffed about every 50 to 60 minutes, depending on the count of the roving. The slubber requires more constant attention than the drawing frame, for when breaks occur the ...
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1918
5
Evils of the Factory System: Demonstrated by Parliamentary ...
The wool slubber, when behindhand with his work, after a visit to the beer shop, resumes his task with violence, and drives his machine at a speed beyond the power of the pieceners to accompany ; and if he finds them deficient in the least ...
Charles Wing, 1967
6
Adversary
Even you, Slubber, as hard as it is to imagine, are smarter than a man! And compared to an archangel, man's brainpower is practically nonexistent. Man is a retarded essence that should have been scrapped during the creation process.
Kevin R. Glover, 2009
7
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
After the slubbing process comes the mule-spinning, and then the weaving. e.l'. nn.I To give fibrous substances, as cotton, the first twisting previous to spinning. sJ-anJ, w.Som.' Hence (I) Slubber, 5b., 063., n workman en aged in 'slubbing'; a s  ...
Joseph Wright
8
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
The frame at which this is done is called a slubbering billy, and the man who performs it a slubber. There is nothing similar to the process of slubbing in the worsted and cotton manufactories, and it is necessary to bear this in mind, for it will ...
Reuben Percy, John Timbs, 1835
9
The Athenaeum
The frame at which this is done is called a slubbering hilly t and the man who performs it a slubber. There is nothing similar to the process of stubbing in the worsted and cotton manufactories ; and it is necessary to bear this in mind, for it will ...
James Silk Buckingham, John Sterling, Frederick Denison Maurice, 1835
10
1980 Census of Population: Alphabetical Index of Industries ...
749 Slubber-machine operator ............ ..132-150 ............................................ .. 749 Slubber operator ........................... ..132-150 ............................................ .. 749 Slubber runner ............................... ..132-150 .
‎1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLUBBER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slubber is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Design team changes at Apple; iBooks Author and the iPhone
As mush as I admire Fry, he does tend to slubber all over Apple and its executives. The piece really should have been labeled as advertising. Mozart-tweet. «Talking New Media, May 15»
2
15 Words That Belong in Every Grandparent's Vocabulary
An infant grandchild's pandiculation, with eyes and fists scrunched and rump jutted out, ranks near the top of a grandma's favorite sites to see. SLUBBER — v. «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
3
Crime Beat: An extract from One Man by Anonymous
There is one final slubber-putt as the last air leaves his lungs. I wipe my hands across his uniform, the red of Sbu's blood sinking into the orange fabric – the final ... «Books LIVE, Dec 14»
4
The Great Kentucky Meat Shower mystery unwound by projectile …
Colourful nicknames such as "star jelly", "witch's butter", and "star-slubber" were thrown around. Brandeis identified the Kentucky nostoc as belonging to the ... «Scientific American, Dec 14»
5
Why exactly does jelly wobble?
It has been recorded since the 14th century under many different names including star-fallen, star-falling, star-shot, star-slime, star-slough, star-slubber and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
6
Shakira verslaafd aan borstvoeding
Anders slubber ik ook wel even aan haar tet als ze het zo lekker vindt. Moonwarrior | 30-05-13 | 18:26 | niet ok! snap ik, het gevoel van verbinding tussen ... «PowNed, May 13»
7
Investigating The Implications Of Sugar Pigs
“Children are 'sugar pigs' in as much as they disregard the conventions of civilised eating that govern the mouth, preferring instead to slubber, gnaw, lick, and ... «Science 2.0, Oct 12»
8
Difference Between a Slob and a 'Zhlob'
Indeed, the whole slob-slobber-slubber-sloppy-slovenly complex represents such a tangle of words with similar meanings that it's all but impossible to ... «Forward, Apr 12»
9
Morris dancers 'kicked out of pub because the bells on their feet …
In the days when this was done by hand, the unspun fibres were twisted by a skilled worker - a 'slubber' - on a frame with a long wooden rod, known as a billy ... «Daily Mail, Aug 11»
10
Clobber, Cobbler, and their Ilk
For example, slobber has the variant slubber; such pairs are rather numerous. A cobbler cobbles and a club clobbers. But in this etymological stew we find many ... «OUPblog, Sep 09»

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