drool

  • 11drool — UK [druːl] / US [drul] verb [intransitive] Word forms drool : present tense I/you/we/they drool he/she/it drools present participle drooling past tense drooled past participle drooled 1) informal to look at someone or something with great… …

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  • 12drool — /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} …

  • 13drool — verb Drool is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑baby …

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  • 14drool — 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]… …

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  • 15drool — [[t]dru͟ːl[/t]] drools, drooling, drooled 1) VERB (disapproval) To drool over someone or something means to look at them with great pleasure, perhaps in an exaggerated or ridiculous way. [V over n] Fashion editors drooled over every item... [V… …

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  • 16Drool (film) — Drool Directed by Nancy Kissam Written by Nancy Kissam Starring …

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  • 17drool-proof paper — n. Whimsical paper said to be used in electronic equipment manuals that are so dumbed down and simplistic as to be of no use whatsoever. adj. Example Citation: Documentation that has been obsessively dumbed down i.e., simplified to the point… …

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  • 18drool over — verb envy without restraint • Syn: ↑slobber over • Hypernyms: ↑idolize, ↑idolise, ↑worship, ↑hero worship, ↑revere • Verb Frames …

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  • 19drool — 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 …

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  • 20drool — /droohl/, v.i. 1. to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel. 2. to show excessive pleasure or anticipation of pleasure. 3. to talk foolishly. n. 4. saliva running down from one s mouth; drivel. [1795 1805; var. of driule …

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