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Definition of Drool
1. Verb. Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something. "Sam and Sue drool over the results of the experiment"; "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated"
2. Noun. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
Generic synonyms: Bunk, Hokum, Meaninglessness, Nonsense, Nonsensicality
Language type: Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Derivative terms: Twaddle
3. Verb. Let saliva drivel from the mouth. "The baby drooled"
Generic synonyms: Salivate
Derivative terms: Dribble, Dribbler, Drivel, Driveller, Drooler, Slobber, Slobberer
Also: Drool Over, Slobber Over
4. Noun. Saliva spilling from the mouth.
Generic synonyms: Saliva, Spit, Spittle
Derivative terms: Dribble, Drivel, Slobber
Definition of Drool
1. v. i. To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.
Definition of Drool
1. Verb. to secrete saliva in anticipation of food ¹
2. Verb. to secrete saliva upon seeing something nice ¹
3. Verb. to talk nonsense ¹
4. Noun. saliva trickling from the mouth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drool
1. to drivel [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: drivel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drool
Literary usage of Drool
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Claudine the Circus Woman by Timothy J. Quinlan (2000)
"With her head turned slightly off center, the drool ran in a steady stream ...
I watched it like a cat would watch another cat drool.28 "Now you lie in wait ..."
2. Ten Years at Yale: A Series of Papers on Certain Defects in the University by George Frederick Gundelfinger (1915)
"The student simply puts his money into the slot, and out comes the "drool."
It is this same "drool" which the student writes on his examination. ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"pinked. slobber, ». i. slaver, drivel, slabber, drib- bio, drool (dial, or
colloq.; US). slobber, ... slabber, dribble, drool (dial, or colloq.; US). 2. ..."
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