drool
verb (used without object)
to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
drooled
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past participleof drool.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof drool.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
droolverb (used without object)to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
Example Sentences
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I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Yes, my audience giggled dutifully at the jiggling Jell-O salads and drooled over the groovy conversation pits in the Richards’ living room, the only super lair I’d ever live in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
I attended, and yes, I drooled as they passed the bowl of guacamole, the many different types of salsas and all of those beautiful tacos and tostadas directly in front of my hungry face.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2023
I drooled a little watching Machado and Mark take bites of the face-sized empanadas, which were perfectly golden brown, bubbly in the right spots and oozy, not greasy.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
She nodded and thanked them, and they prayed and prayed in their singsong voices as I drooled over the food.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
