as in drool
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
our mouths filled with saliva when we smelled the delicious dinner
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Recent Examples of saliva
Suck on Hard Candies Sucking on lozenges or hard candies can stimulate saliva production, which helps moisten and soothe the throat.8 Even better is sucking on candy containing real peppermint or honey.
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2025
For those not familiar (or who maybe just have a bit of illness exhaustion!), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says animals infected with bird flu can shed the virus via saliva, mucus, and feces.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
This form of avian flu is spread through saliva, nasal secretions and feces of infected birds.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
The zoo was unable to confirm the source of the exposure, but the Centers for Disease Control say that HPAI is spread through saliva, nasal secretion and the feces of infected birds.
—Christina Shaw, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2025
For those not familiar (or who maybe just have a bit of illness exhaustion!), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says animals infected with bird flu can shed the virus via saliva, mucus, and feces.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
This form of avian flu is spread through saliva, nasal secretions and feces of infected birds.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
The zoo was unable to confirm the source of the exposure, but the Centers for Disease Control say that HPAI is spread through saliva, nasal secretion and the feces of infected birds.
—Christina Shaw, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saliva
Noun
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No drool icicles hanging from his mouth and his body shook with excitement.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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Those flames, all the while, spit embers into strong winds and toward communities miles away.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
19 Jan. 2025
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Federal research on that lizard's spit led to the development of Ozempic.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The mayor nodded and smiled, but also flinched, as though struck by spittle.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2024
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Filling the air with spittle as plentiful as the Allied bombs raining down along the English Channel.—
John Anderson,
WSJ,
31 Oct. 2023
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“Saliva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saliva. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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