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Definition of Drool over
1. Verb. Envy without restraint. "Sam cannot drool over Sue "
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drool Over
Literary usage of Drool over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Striking for Life: Labor's Side of the Labor Question : the Right of the by John Swinton, Samuel Gompers, Eugene Victor Debs, John William Hayes (1894)
"... and sophistries of the scribbling tools of capitalism in regard to the pay
and the rights of working people, when they drool over the wage-question, ..."
2. A Momentous Question: The Respective Attitudes of Labor and Capital by John Swinton (1895)
"... when they drool over the wage-question, the " wage- fund," the profits of
capital, the figures of something, and the bogus laws of what Thomas Carlyle ..."
3. Adventure Guide by Heather Stimmler-Hall (2004)
"It's the ideal place to eat and sleep if money is no object, although it costs
nothing to drool over the expensively restored "country homes" for sale in ..."
4. Some Players: Personal Sketches by Amy Leslie (1900)
""Well, you two croon and drool over curiosities, and I'll take a nap," with which
sarcasm the dainty lady snuggled down in a big chair and snubbed us. ..."
5. Shakespeare on the Stage by William Winter (1911)
"death and apostasy, he allowed spittle to drool over his beard; then, almost in
collapse, he tottered out of the Court, but immediately returned, ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1902)
"... to drool over his clothes, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he
could be kept clean. At the end of three months he showed a gain of twenty ..."
7. Parisby Ken Bernstein by Ken Bernstein (2003)
"19, you can drool over black and white truffles, foie gras, caviare, smoked salmon
and other luxury goodies. Or why not sample some caviare in Caviar Kaspia ..."
8. The Young Man and Journalism: By Chester S. Lord by Chester Sanders Lord (1922)
"... You may give it fine literary flavor, or you may drool over it. The tricks of
the trade come with practice. Editorial writing is fascinating. ..."
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