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drool

(dro͞ol)

v. drooled, drool·ing, drools

v.intr.

1. To let saliva run from the mouth; drivel.

2. Informal To make an extravagant show of appreciation or desire.

3. Informal To talk nonsense.

v.tr.

To let run from the mouth.

1. Saliva.

2. Informal Senseless talk; drivel.

[Perhaps alteration of drivel.]

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drool

(druːl)

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

vb, n

another word for drivel¹, drivel², drivel⁴

[C19: probably alteration of drivel]

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drool

(drul)

v.i.

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

2. to show excessive pleasure or anticipation of pleasure.

3. to talk foolishly.

4. saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.

[1795–1805]

drool′y, adj. drool•i•er, drool•i•est.

drool

Past participle: drooled
Gerund: drooling

Imperative
drool
drool

Present
I drool
you drool
he/she/it drools
we drool
you drool
they drool

Preterite
I drooled
you drooled
he/she/it drooled
we drooled
you drooled
they drooled

Present Continuous
I am drooling
you are drooling
he/she/it is drooling
we are drooling
you are drooling
they are drooling

Present Perfect
I have drooled
you have drooled
he/she/it has drooled
we have drooled
you have drooled
they have drooled

Past Continuous
I was drooling
you were drooling
he/she/it was drooling
we were drooling
you were drooling
they were drooling

Past Perfect
I had drooled
you had drooled
he/she/it had drooled
we had drooled
you had drooled
they had drooled

Future
I will drool
you will drool
he/she/it will drool
we will drool
you will drool
they will drool

Future Perfect
I will have drooled
you will have drooled
he/she/it will have drooled
we will have drooled
you will have drooled
they will have drooled

Future Continuous
I will be drooling
you will be drooling
he/she/it will be drooling
we will be drooling
you will be drooling
they will be drooling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been drooling
you have been drooling
he/she/it has been drooling
we have been drooling
you have been drooling
they have been drooling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been drooling
you will have been drooling
he/she/it will have been drooling
we will have been drooling
you will have been drooling
they will have been drooling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been drooling
you had been drooling
he/she/it had been drooling
we had been drooling
you had been drooling
they had been drooling

Conditional
I would drool
you would drool
he/she/it would drool
we would drool
you would drool
they would drool

Past Conditional
I would have drooled
you would have drooled
he/she/it would have drooled
we would have drooled
you would have drooled
they would have drooled

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Noun	1.	drool - pretentious or silly talk or writing baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
	2.	drool - saliva spilling from the mouth slobber, dribble, drivel saliva, spittle, spit - a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Verb	1.	drool - be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated" salivate covet - wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house"
	2.	drool - let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble salivate - produce saliva; "We salivated when he described the great meal" drool over, slobber over - envy without restraint

drool

verb

1. dribble, drivel, salivate, slaver, slobber, water at the mouth The dog was drooling on my shoulder

2. (often with over) gloat over, pet, gush, make much of, rave about (informal), dote on, slobber over Fashion editors drooled over every item.

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drool

verb

To let saliva run from the mouth:

dribble, drivel, salivate, slaver, slobber.

noun

Saliva running from the mouth:

drivel, salivation, slaver, slobber.

Translations

sabbern

babear babeo

kuolakuolata

saliver

sbavare bava biascicare entusiasmarsi

ślinić się

drool

[druːl] VI (= slobber) → babear
she drooled over the kittens/her grandchildren (fig) → se le caía la baba con los gatitos/sus nietos

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drool

[ˈdruːl] vi

(= dribble) → baver

(fig) to drool over sb/sth → baver d'admiration devant qn/qch, être en extase devant qn/qch

drool

vi → sabbern; (animal) → geifern

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drool

[druːl] vi (baby) → sbavare
to drool over sb/sth (fig) → andare in estasi per qn/qc

drool

n baba; vi babear

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He was too occupied with his own vision, and vividly burned before him the sordid barrenness of a poorhouse ward, where an ancient, very like what he himself would become, maundered and gibbered and drooled for a crumb of tobacco for his old clay pipe, and where, of all horrors, no sip of beer ever obtained, much less six quarts of it.

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His lower jaw rose and fell, and the slaver drooled and dripped upon the dead face of Taglat.

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Her mouth opened, the saliva drooled forth, and she licked her chops with the pleasure of anticipation.