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Definition of Slather
1. Verb. Spread thickly. "They slather butter on the bread"; "I can't eat bagels without slathering them with cream cheese"
Definition of Slather
1. Noun. (usually in the plural) A generous or abundant quantity. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To spread something thickly on something else; to coat well. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive often followed by (term with)) To apply generously upon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slather
1. to spread thickly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slather
Literary usage of Slather
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1913)
"6d., of the estate of John slather, which he accepted as full satisfaction of
the 100H. owing him from said slather or Elizabeth his wife, the latter being ..."
2. The Struggles (social, Financial and Political) of Petroleum V. Nasby [pseud by David Ross Locke (1872)
"The Deekin wuz put onto the stand, and testified ez follows : — " Wuz in Bascom'a
grocery a playin seven up for'the drinks with Deekin slather. ..."
3. A Student's Pastime: Being a Select Series of Articles Reprinted from "Notes by Walter William Skeat (1896)
"Similarly slare is for sladder or slather. Halliwell gives ' slather, to slip or
slide (Cheshire); ..."
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