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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