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as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up
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as in saliva
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
the baby left a puddle of drool on my shirt
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as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
stop drooling, slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you
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Recent Examples of drool
Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
No drool icicles hanging from his mouth and his body shook with excitement.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
John Blake, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
The early symptoms include muscle weakness, cramps, twitching, stiff muscles, speech challenges, trouble swallowing, and drooling.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Noun
Over time, drool evolved in the 19th century as a more specific term for saliva spilling or dripping from the mouth.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
No drool icicles hanging from his mouth and his body shook with excitement.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
And that’s more chilling than any drooling monster a filmmaker can conjure.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
The early symptoms include muscle weakness, cramps, twitching, stiff muscles, speech challenges, trouble swallowing, and drooling.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drool
Noun
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Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Without that pollination, almond trees produce only 200 pounds of nuts per acre.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ultimately, these all reduce saliva production, which can leave your mouth feeling parched.—
Amy Marturana Winderl,
SELF,
8 July 2025
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Testing for excess cortisol can be done through blood, saliva, or urine tests.—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
24 June 2025
Verb
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The intoxicated passenger was recorded grabbing the victim's hair and spitting on her.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Jonathan Groff’s penchant for spitting on audiences became mainstream enough to warrant a joke at the Tonys.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Bridges loved his infield range, and other scouts raved about his versatility in center field.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
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While recently visiting the detention site, President Donald Trump raved about Alligator Alcatraz.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
13 July 2025
Verb
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The squirrel, however, is quicker—leaping up a tree and chattering in irritation from a safe distance.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 June 2025
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Critics and the chattering masses on Instagram will have another chance to weigh in as the designers’ first collections hit the runway.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
13 June 2025
Noun
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That's nonsense… and anyone who's been a part of these productions knows that IN FACT the opposite is true.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
9 July 2025
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The song was essentially one long joke about animal noises, and once the joke wore off, what remained was an insanely repetitive chorus of nonsense.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Physiologically, these states of bodily outpourings are of course quite self-explanatory, given all the melting, leaking, sweating, salivating and squirting the Sapphic body is notorious for in the art of Sapphics of all genders throughout history.—
Siouxzi Connor
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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Survival Playbook for Embedded Finance 2.0 How do software founders thread this regulatory needle without killing the growth story investors are salivating over?—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Dee and Kevin, when recalling the crash and what followed, gushed about their kids.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 July 2025
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These are some of the dozens of victims killed as gushing floodwaters swept across central Texas on Friday.—
Stephen Sorace , Brooke Taylor , Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 July 2025
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“Drool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drool. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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