as in saliva
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
slaver dripped from the snarling dog's jaws
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Recent Examples of slaver
WIRED, 24 June 2023
Not backed up by the whole of law enforcement, mind you, because otherwise, there’d be no story, no slavering depictions of depravity, no waltz into the abyss and no righteous body count.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Jan. 2025
Yes, Aida is an old-fashioned blockbuster, a tale of bloodthirsty slavers, desert vendettas, and love amid the pyramids.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Verb
It’s aided in this by the natural grandeur of its painterly environments, which, even when littered with dead bodies and slavering monsters, create an imperative to preserve a fictional world that extends beyond exposition about the importance of doing so.
—WIRED, 24 June 2023
Not backed up by the whole of law enforcement, mind you, because otherwise, there’d be no story, no slavering depictions of depravity, no waltz into the abyss and no righteous body count.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Noun
Information could also come from unexpected sources: when slavers sought a Philadelphia warrant to make arrests in Lancaster County, the son of the judge who issued the warrant alerted Still, who then warned the targets.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Jan. 2025
Yes, Aida is an old-fashioned blockbuster, a tale of bloodthirsty slavers, desert vendettas, and love amid the pyramids.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaver
Verb
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Pay attention for signs of distress: panting, drooling, a high heart rate, dry nose, lethargy, or even vomiting, staggering or seizures.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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The most-common ones include vomiting; diarrhea; lethargy; loss of appetite; drooling; tremors or seizures; difficulty breathing; and pale gums.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Everyone was asked to chew a piece of gum for four minutes to produce a saliva sample from each.—
Gretchen Eichenberg,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Rodents pass the virus through their droppings, urine and saliva.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Instead, the meats are cooked on spits off-site and loaded onto the truck.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2025
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The direct-to-consumer business model is fairly straightforward: A consumer orders a genetic test kit online, spits into a tube that comes in the mail, returns it to the company and accesses their results in an online portal.—
Kayte Spector-Bagdady,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The combination has led fans to salivate about what Flagg might do next.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps no company has been more aggressive in that push than Disney, where executives are already salivating for a 2027 that will kick off with the College Football Championship, the Grammys, the Super Bowl and the Oscars all within a three month window.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Slaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaver. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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