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slather

[ slath-er ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to spread or apply thickly:

    to slather butter on toast.

  2. to spread something thickly on (usually followed by with ):

    to slather toast with butter.

  3. to spend or use lavishly.


noun

  1. Often slathers. a generous amount:

    slathers of money.

slather

/ ˈslæðə /

noun

  1. informal.
    usually plural a large quantity
  2. open slather slang.
    a situation in which there are no restrictions; free-for-all
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to squander or waste
  2. to spread thickly or lavishly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slather1

1810–20, in sense “to slip, slide”; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slather1

C19: of unknown origin
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. open slather, Australian. complete freedom.
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Example Sentences

I slather my body in Swedish Beauty Black Diamond cream with “Tingle Tanning Power.”

Your young fellers can do nothing except slather a hose round the decks and ask for higher wages.

No, sir, there aint sech a slather of folks up here to mix in with, by any count.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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