Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To let saliva run from the mouth; drivel.
- intransitive verb Informal To make an extravagant show of appreciation or desire.
- intransitive verb Informal To talk nonsense.
- intransitive verb To let run from the mouth.
- noun Saliva.
- noun Informal Senseless talk; drivel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To slaver, as an infant; drivel; drop saliva.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To drivel, or drop saliva.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
secrete saliva inanticipation of food - verb to secrete saliva upon seeing something nice
- verb to
talk nonsense - noun
saliva trickling from themouth
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
- noun saliva spilling from the mouth
- verb be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
- verb let saliva drivel from the mouth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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ST tends to do that although I think it is more for brevity than anything else .... piracer: That looks like Matsusaka beef, no? chocolate reindeer: * drool drool drool*
food.recentrunes.com 2008
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You can tell because drool is coming out of both sides of his mouth.
Think Progress » Rep. Barney Frank distributes ‘Little Punk Staffer’ buttons to Capitol Hill aides. 2010
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If drool is coming out of both sides of his mouth.
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If drool is coming out of both sides of his mouth.
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She keeps talking, and talking until your eyes dim and you start to drool from the mind-numbing nonsense that fall from her mouth.
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The drool is coming out of both sides of their mouth.
Think Progress » Hawaii considers legislation to ignore birthers. 2010
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I think what saves this movie from drowning in its own drool is that it's played for laughs, rather than treat it like a suspenseful corporate espionage film.
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Model Gisele Bundchen's first post-pregnancy photo shoot for Colcci shows the Brazilian stunner in drool-worthy shape only six-and-a-half weeks after giving birth to her son Benjamin.
Gisele Bundchen's First Post-Pregnancy Photo Shoot (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The drool is coming out of both sides of their mouth.
Think Progress » Hawaii considers legislation to ignore birthers. 2010
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Model Gisele Bundchen's first post-pregnancy photo shoot for Colcci shows the Brazilian stunner in drool-worthy shape only six-and-a-half weeks after giving birth to her son Benjamin.
Gisele Bundchen's First Post-Pregnancy Photo Shoot (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
sonofgroucho commented on the word drool
Intriguing WeirdNet definition! I think of drool as being a noun or verb connected with salivation!
January 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word drool
Why, that's just drool, SoG! ;-)
January 1, 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word drool
Don't you mean drivel?
Actually, I think this is the word WeirdNet is getting confused with drool!
January 1, 2008
sionnach commented on the word drool
I think there is a subliminal confusion over at Weirdnet between drivel and dribble.
January 1, 2008
seanahan commented on the word drool
Almost all of the linked dictionaries offer the drivel definition for drool. WordNet lists both definitions, although it strangely has the nonsense definition as the primary synset.
January 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word drool
No, I meant drool, SoG--was trying to join in on the WeirdNet fun, but it doesn't seem to work when an actual person tries using the definition. ;->
January 2, 2008
yarb commented on the word drool
Now only foul gas drools from this organ.
- Peter Reading, Lapse, from For the Municipality's Elderly, 1974
June 23, 2008
yarb commented on the word drool
Now only foul gas drools from this organ.
- Peter Reading, Lapse, from For the Municipality's Elderly, 1974
June 23, 2008