drool Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
    taradiddle; boloney; humbug; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; bosh; baloney; tommyrot; twaddle.
  2. noun saliva spilling from the mouth
    drivel; dribble; slobber.
  3. verb be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
    salivate.
    • She was salivating over the raise she anticipated
  4. verb let saliva drivel from the mouth
    slabber; drivel; slaver; dribble; slobber.
    • The baby drooled

WordNet


Drool intransitive verb
Etymology
Contr. fr. drivel.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Drooled ; present participle & verbal noun Drooling
Definitions
  1. To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.
    His mouth drooling with texts. T. Parker.

Webster 1913