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
Along the way came other misdiagnoses such as Sjogren's disease, a chronic autoimmune disease that leads to underproduction of tears and saliva.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
The rabies virus is transmitted through direct contact with an infected animal, including through the saliva or brain and nervous system tissue, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Carma Hassan, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
If they get lodged in a child’s throat, the saliva triggers an electric current causing a chemical burn that can severely damage the esophagus.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
When a voltage is applied to the gel, the chemicals are transported to the surface in a liquid that then mixes with saliva on the tongue like a real lollipop.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2024
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
The rabies virus is transmitted through direct contact with an infected animal, including through the saliva or brain and nervous system tissue, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Carma Hassan, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
If they get lodged in a child’s throat, the saliva triggers an electric current causing a chemical burn that can severely damage the esophagus.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
When a voltage is applied to the gel, the chemicals are transported to the surface in a liquid that then mixes with saliva on the tongue like a real lollipop.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saliva
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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
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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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All that hand wringing over Andrews’ empty stat lines in September amounted to so much spit in the wind.Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
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Local candidates stopped short of trafficking in tales of pets on a spit in Springfield, but no one else seems inclined to ease up on the post-election angertainment, from Washington on down.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
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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 22 Jan. 2025.
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