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Definition of Drool

1. Noun. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.

2. 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"

3. Noun. Saliva spilling from the mouth.

4. Verb. Let saliva drivel from the mouth. "The baby drooled"

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

dronkelewe dronkverdriet dronte drony droodle droodles droog droogish droogs drook

drooked drooking drookings drookit drooks drool (current term) drool over drooled drooler droolers

droolier drooliest drooling droolingly drools drooly droome droomes droop drooped

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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