DROOL
drool, dribble, drivel, slobber
(noun) saliva spilling from the mouth
baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
(noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble
(verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth; “The baby drooled”
salivate, drool
(verb) be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; “She was salivating over the raise she anticipated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
drool (third-person singular simple present drools, present participle drooling, simple past and past participle drooled)
(ambitransitive) To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
(ambitransitive) To secrete any substance in a similar way.
(intransitive, informal, figurative) To react to something with uncontrollable desire.
To talk nonsense; drivel.
Synonyms
• (emit saliva): slaver, slobber, drivel
Noun
drool (uncountable)
Saliva trickling from the mouth.
(colloquial) Stupid talk.
Anagrams
• dolor, loord
Source: Wiktionary
Drool, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drooled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drooling.] Etym: [Contr. fr. drivel.]
Definition: To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools. His mouth drooling with texts. T. Parker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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