drooled; drooling; drools
1
a
: to secrete saliva in anticipation of food
The dog hears the bell and begins to drool.
b
: to let saliva dribble from the mouth : drivel sense 2
a drooling baby
2
3
: to talk nonsense
: to express sentimentally or effusively
Synonyms
Verb
Noun
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- beans
- bilge
- blah
- blah-blah
- blarney
- blather
- blatherskite
- blither
- bosh
- bull [slang]
- bunk
- bunkum
- buncombe
- claptrap
- codswallop [British]
- crapola [slang]
- crock
- drivel
- fiddle
- fiddle-faddle
- fiddlesticks
- flannel [British]
- flapdoodle
- folderol
- falderal
- folly
- foolishness
- fudge
- garbage
- guff
- hogwash
- hokeypokey
- hokum
- hoodoo
- hooey
- horsefeathers [slang]
- humbug
- humbuggery
- jazz
- malarkey
- malarky
- moonshine
- muck
- nerts [slang]
- nonsense
- nuts
- piffle
- poppycock
- punk
- rot
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- slush
- stupidity
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tommyrot
- tosh
- trash
- trumpery
- twaddle
Examples of drool in a Sentence
Verb
the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor
middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age
Noun
He wiped the drool from the baby's face.
the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up
Recent Examples on the Web
Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2024
And furthermore, the team used the third overall pick in this summer’s draft to select Kentucky guard Reed Sheppard, a sharpshooter who had scouts drooling with his advanced statistical profile.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
The quick clip shows an angry and feral Xenomorph with dark sharp teeth and lips dripping with drool.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Iconic Mini Lip Set $35 Nordstrom Any lipstick-loving giftee will drool over this mini lip kit that has a travel-size Pillow Talk Lip Liner, Matte Revolution Lipstick, and Collagen Lip Bath Lip Gloss.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2024
And furthermore, the team used the third overall pick in this summer’s draft to select Kentucky guard Reed Sheppard, a sharpshooter who had scouts drooling with his advanced statistical profile.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Noun
Nate Burleson to haters of NFL's promo clip featuring Taylor Swift: 'Wipe the drool off your tank top'
Burleson didn't hold back while addressing the critics who decried seeing Swift in an NFL hype video.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
The quick clip shows an angry and feral Xenomorph with dark sharp teeth and lips dripping with drool.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Drool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drool. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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drool
intransitive verb1
: to secrete saliva in anticipation of food
2
: to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth
side effects included drowsiness and drooling
drool
noun
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