drool

[drool]

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verb (used without object)

to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.

to show excessive pleasure or anticipation of pleasure.

to talk foolishly.

noun

saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.

Origin of drool

1795–1805; variant of driule, itself variant of drivel

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Related Words for drooling

salivate, froth, dribble, slobber, slaver, spit, water, drivel, ooze, run, slabber, fondle, want, pet, gush, spoil, rave, rhapsodize, enthuse, rhapsody

Examples from the Web for drooling

Contemporary Examples of drooling

[T]his is not a book review—it is an act of drooling voyeurism.
"Patriots" Reviewed in Huffington Post
David Frum
June 7, 2012
Drooling over such luxury was supposed to result in a cathexis of the Ralph Lauren label.
The Year of Fashion Photography
Philip Gefter
October 1, 2009

Historical Examples of drooling

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

(intr often foll by over) to show excessive enthusiasm (for) or pleasure (in); gloat (over)

verb, noun

another word for drivel (def. 1), drivel (def. 2), drivel (def. 4)

Word Origin for drool

C19: probably alteration of drivel

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Word Origin and History for drooling

drool

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