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  • verb Present participle of salivate.

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Examples

  • Indeed, if you use the Pavlovian lens, you see that they are the ones "salivating" to the assumed "meat."

    McCain Defends His Robo-Slime Campaign, Lies About It 2009

  • In an interview from February, 2008, shortly after the Kilpatrick scandal, broke, Ken Cockrel Jr. said he was not "salivating" over the prospect of becoming Mayor but that he would be prepared to step into the job.

    Ken Cockrel Jr. Becomes Detroit Mayor with Kilpatrick Resignation 2008

  • Most tech companies are "salivating" at the prospect:

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Most tech companies are "salivating" at the prospect:

    Yahoo! News: Opinion 2010

  • Kent Eckels, a lobbyist for the Kansas Chamber, said that businesses in surrounding states were "salivating" at the thought of an increased sales tax in Kansas.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

  • Most tech companies are "salivating" at the prospect:

    Yahoo! News: Opinion 2010

  • Globalists are "salivating" over the possibility of a Constitutional Convention at which issues such as the 2nd Amendment could handily be dismissed, according to a leader who warns Virginia likely is the next target for the drive.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Globalists are "salivating" over the possibility of a Constitutional Convention at which issues such as the 2nd Amendment could handily be dismissed, according to a leader who warns Virginia likely is the next target for the drive.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Globalists are "salivating" over the possibility of a Constitutional Convention at which issues such as the 2nd Amendment could handily be dismissed, according to a leader who warns Virginia likely is the next target for the drive.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • In fact, if you could get one to go on record, they'd probably tell you they're "salivating" at the prospects of being able to do so.

    MichiganLiberal 2009

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