slabber

 
Pronunciation: /ˈslabə/
chiefly Scottish & Irish

verb

  • 1 [no object] dribble at the mouth; slaver: he was slabbering like a child
  • [with object] splatter or splash (something): his trouser legs were slabbered with mud
  • 2 [no object] chatter, especially about matters of little importance: (as noun slabbering) all the slabbering you do gets Bobby into some trouble

noun

  • a dribble of saliva: I’m always wiping the puppy’s slabbers off the glass table

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'dribble on'): related to dialect slab 'muddy place, puddle'