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driveler

driveler

9.9
A person who drools and lets saliva run from their mouth
  • noun
  • /ˈdraɪvələr/
translation icon : babeador
  • The baby became a little driveler when he started teething.

Examples

  • The old dog was a constant driveler when he slept on the couch.

  • After his surgery, he was embarrassed to be called a driveler by the nurse.

  • The baby is such a driveler when he's teething.

  • Look at that driveler at the park!

  • The old dog was a constant driveler when he slept on the couch.

  • After his surgery, he was embarrassed to be called a driveler by the nurse.

  • The baby became a little driveler when he started teething.

Synonyms

drooler
vsdriveler
1 6.2

A person or animal who lets saliva flow from their mouth

focuses on saliva falling unintentionally rather than general flow from the mouth
slobberer
vsdriveler
1 8.1

A person who drools, often a baby or animal

describes unintentional saliva loss in people rather than animal or very messy saliva flow

How Wet

slobberer
1 8.1
driveler
9.9
drooler
1 6.2
dribbler
2 3.7

Surface Forms

driveler singular
drivelers plural

Morphology

driveler = drivel (transparent) = drivel + er

Clear agentive formation from the verb 'drivel' in the sense 'to drool', producing 'one who drools'.

Etymology

The word driveler comes from the old verb drivel, which meant 'to let saliva fall' and is like the common word dribble. So, a driveler is someone who drools or lets saliva run from the mouth.