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
She said that she based much of the character’s behavior on a socially awkward officemate she worked with as an accountant at Columbia Pictures, who drooled and stood too close to people when he talked.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2019
Baird in mop-up duty that drooled in with 21.8 seconds left.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
Liesel shook him until he grunted at her and drooled, and in the face of this she began a hysterical interrogation into the nature of his symptoms.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
