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🤤 To desire strongly 💧 Saliva 💧 To let saliva flow
to drool

to drool

95 6.3
To want something very much and show it on your face
  • verb
  • /druːl/
  • Informal
: babear por
  • National Public Radio and Slate are drooling over the new work of short fiction.

There are all sorts of ways to do this, but make him drool is a recognized meme.

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Examples

  • His face turned so mad I thought he was going to drool at the mouth.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Researchers in academia always drool over the resources and money available in industry.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • And by looking at, I mean, drooling over, oh, it's so beautiful.

  • And here I was drooling over this... man.

    Bit (2019)

  • With moves like yours... ...you must have all the ladies drooling at your feet.

    Happy Feet (2006)

  • I mean, I am drooling over the recipes in this book.

  • OK so this book I've just been like drooling over this book for the past couple months.

  • - You're obviously drooling over the brunette.

    Koko (2021)

  • "The plans are on the money," drawled Latham, drooling over the Cosmos model.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Whenever I see the latest smartphone model, I can't help but drool over its sleek design.

Synonyms

to slobber
vsto drool
  • Informal
23 4.8

To let saliva run from the mouth in a messy way or to show strong desire

expresses strong eager desire clearly but without literal mess
to drool over
vsto drool
  • Informal
19 6.8

To look at someone or something while wanting to have it very much

shows strong desire in general rather than only by looking
to salivate
vsto drool
  • Informal
14 6.1

To feel very eager or excited about something

is an obvious outward display of eager desire rather than internal feeling
to thirst
vsto drool
10 5.2

To have a strong wish for something

expresses desire in an obvious, exaggerated physical way rather than solely figurative

Antonyms

indifference
66 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

disinterest
9 5.8

Not feeling interested in something, like a talk or task

Idioms

to couldn't help but drool
  • Informal
7.4

Want food so much that you cannot stop your mouth from filling with saliva

Phrasal Verbs

to drool over
  • Informal
19 6.8

To look at someone or something while wanting to have it very much

to point-and-drool
  • Slang
9.9

Look at something you want and show strong desire openly

Compounds

drool bucket
  • Informal
1 9.6

Something very tasty that makes people's mouths water, or a creature that lets liquid run from its mouth

How Eager

to yearn
84 4.9
to drool
  • Informal
95 6.3
to want
∞ 1.0
to like
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

drool infinitive
drooled past
drooled past participle
drooling present participle
drools third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the informal use of drool is to imagine someone staring at a delicious cake until their mouth waters; just like real drool, this shows strong desire, so to drool over something is 'to show strong desire'.