to drool
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2.1
- verb
- /druːl/
:
babear
- He drools all over my neck.
- drooling saliva
- drool from the mouth
- drool in sleep
She's on the floor wriggling and drooling and crying.
- She's on the floor wriggling and drooling and crying.
- And I think like bigger breeds can also drool a lot as well.
- Oh, just drooling a little bit.
- So the fact that prior to the cake event, like I saw the baby drooling.
- And just as your child will then crash sticky faced and drooling onto the bed after the fact, that's kind of the state of her campaign right now.
- So she's laughing and smiling and drooling and fitting in this jar.
- Yeah, be on the floor and wiggle your tail and drool and all that kind of stuff.
- Like I lay on my face right there drooling, and I think I'm drooling too much on my face.
Examples
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Oh, my god...did I drool?
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You just drooled onto my phone.
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Are you just gonna stand there and drool?
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I was hoping for some affection, but all he did was drool on me.
Fiction book (1992) -
And that night I slept so hard I drooled on my pillow.
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If your mouth falls open, if you're drooling, it's really bad.
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It's so grotesque when that guy sitting next to you drools all over his desk.
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She's on the floor wriggling and drooling and crying.
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With a sinking heart, Molly looked down at the drooling muzzle and the mean amber eyes.
Fiction book (1995) -
During the movie, I accidentally drooled on my shirt as I fell asleep.
Synonyms
22
4.8
To let saliva run from the mouth in a messy way or to show strong desire
15
2.8
To let liquid or saliva fall in small drops
5
4.3
To make liquid form in your mouth when you see or smell food
2
9.8
To let drool run from the mouth
To let drool fall slowly from the mouth
To let liquid from the mouth come out by accident
To let drool run from the mouth, often while sleeping
Idioms
- Informal
Want food so much that you cannot stop your mouth from filling with saliva
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
1
9.6
Something very tasty that makes people's mouths water, or a creature that lets liquid run from its mouth
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Etymology
Drool is like drip or drop, painting the image of liquid slipping from the mouth, so to drool is 'to let saliva flow', usually without meaning to.