drool bucket

1 9.6

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

noun

Informal

: delicia

That greasy pizza is such a drool bucket, I can't resist ordering it every weekend.

Examples

The bulldog is a notorious drool bucket after playing outside in the summer.
Her chocolate cake was a real drool bucket at the party, with everyone eager for a slice.
That cake is a real drool bucket!
My new puppy is such a drool bucket.
The dessert looked so delicious that everyone agreed it was a drool bucket.
After seeing the enormous burger on the menu, I couldn't resist calling it a drool bucket.
The adorable puppy was such a drool bucket that we couldn't help but want to take him home.

Synonyms

drooler

vsdrool bucket

1 6.2

A person or animal who lets saliva flow from their mouth

also refers to something very desirable or appetizing besides a person who dribbles saliva

slobberer

vsdrool bucket

1 8.1

A person who drools, often a baby or animal

can also mean something highly desirable rather than a messy saliva runner

How Appealing

drool bucket

Informal

1 9.6

delicacy

37 6.3

treat

398 1.0

Surface Forms

drool bucket singular

drool buckets plural

Morphology

drool + bucket

The parts 'drool' (to salivate or show eager desire) and 'bucket' (a container) combine to evoke either something that causes drooling or a receptacle for drool; a learner can plausibly infer a literal or metaphorical link. However, using it to mean 'extremely desirable' is a metaphorical extension (something that makes you drool into a bucket) and the idiomatic use for desirability or as a label for a drooling person is not fully predictable without exposure.

Etymology

The noun drool bucket comes from the picture of a bucket catching lots of drool, like when food or an animal makes so much drooling it could fill a bucket. So the term now means 'something very tempting or tasty' or a person or animal that 'drools a lot'.