babble foolishly; slobber, drivel, dribble
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Drool Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.
drool
\drool\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. drooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. drooling.] [contr. fr. drivel.] to drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools. his mouth drooling with texts. -- t. parker.
drool
n
1. pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
2. saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: dribble, drivel, slobber]
v 1: be envious, desire, or extremely happy about something; "she was salivating over the raise she anticipated" [syn: salivate]
2: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "the baby drooled" [syn: drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]
similar words(1)
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show excessive pleasure at an object or at the prospect of enjoying something
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extremely physically attractive
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Noun
1. pretentious or silly talk or writing
(synonym) baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
(hypernym) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
2. saliva spilling from the mouth
(synonym) dribble, drivel, slobber
(hypernym) saliva, spit, spittle
(derivation) drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble
Verb
1. be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated"
(synonym) salivate
(hypernym) covet
2. let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled"
(synonym) drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble
(hypernym) salivate
(see-also) drool over, slobber over
(derivation) dribble, drivel, slobber
Drool Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Drooling (also known as driveling, dribbling, slobbering, or, in a medical context, ptyalism) is when saliva flows outside the mouth. Drooling is generally caused by excess production of saliva, inability to retain saliva within the mouth, or problems with swallowing.
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