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drool

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verb (used without object)
  1. to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
  2. to show excessive pleasure or anticipation of pleasure.
  3. to talk foolishly.
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noun
  1. saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
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Origin of drool

1795–1805; variant of driule, itself variant of drivel
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Examples from the Web for drooling

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Historical Examples

  • It doesn't sound natural, but you certainly seem to know what you're drooling about.

    The Fortune Hunter

    Louis Joseph Vance

  • Harkaman was drooling over the mass of historical material he had found.

    Space Viking

    Henry Beam Piper

  • Belchy's ogle had been of the straightforward, loose-lipped, drooling variety.

    Legacy

    James H Schmitz

  • It was the thought of ending my days as a drooling, mewling infant—or worse!

    A Feast of Demons

    William Morrison

  • As a result of the latter we see wetting, soiling and drooling.

    Benign Stupors

    August Hoch

British Dictionary definitions for drooling

drool

verb
  1. (intr often foll by over) to show excessive enthusiasm (for) or pleasure (in); gloat (over)
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verb, noun
  1. another word for drivel (def. 1), drivel (def. 2), drivel (def. 4)
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Word Origin

C19: probably alteration of drivel
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Word Origin and History for drooling

drool

v.

1802, apparently a dialectal variant or contraction of drivel. Related: Drooled; drooling. The noun is from 1860s.

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