drool (noun)

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• drool — ► VERB 1) drop saliva uncontrollably from the mouth. 2) (often drool over) informal show excessive pleasure or desire. ► NOUN ▪ saliva falling from the mouth. ORIGIN contraction of DRIVEL(Cf. ↑drivel) …   English terms dictionary

• drool — (v.) 1802, apparently dial. variant or contraction of DRIVEL (Cf. drivel). Related: Drooled; drooling. The noun is from 1860s …   Etymology dictionary

• drool — /drul / (say droohl) Colloquial –noun 1. saliva flowing from the mouth or mucus from the nose. –verb (i) 2. to produce drool. –phrase 3. drool over, to show excessive pleasure at (something or the prospect of something). {contraction of drivel} …  

• drool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. drivel, slaver. See excretion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To slobber] Syn. drivel, drip, slaver, salivate, spit, water at the mouth, dribble, trickle, ooze, run (out); see also drop 1 . 2. [To want]… …   English dictionary for students

• drool — I. verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of drivel Date: 1802 intransitive verb 1. a. to secrete saliva in anticipation of food b. drivel 1 2. to make an effusive show of pleasure or often envious or covetous appreciation 3. to talk nonsense …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• drool — 1. verb a) to secrete saliva in anticipation of food b) to talk nonsense Syn: slaver, slobber …   Wiktionary

• drool — verb 1》 let saliva fall uncontrollably from the mouth. 2》 informal make an excessive show of pleasure or desire: enthusiasts drooled over old cars. noun saliva falling from the mouth. Origin C19: contr. of drivel …   English new terms dictionary

• drool factor — /ˈdrul fæktə/ (say droohl faktuh) noun an element in a product which creates an immediate positive response in the potential buyer; used as a marketing tool …  

• chon|drule — «KON drool», noun. a small spheroidal grain of mineral embedded in varying numbers in some meteorites, as in a chondrite: »Most meteorites that are tuffs contain grains, or chondrules, which differ from anything formed on the earth (Fenton and… …   Useful english dictionary

• baby — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ new, newborn, tiny ▪ low birthweight, small, tiny ▪ Smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of producing a low birthweight baby. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• nonsensicality — noun a message that seems to convey no meaning • Syn: ↑nonsense, ↑bunk, ↑meaninglessness, ↑hokum • Derivationally related forms: ↑meaningless (for: ↑meaninglessness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary