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drool.

To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/dɹuːl//dɹʉl/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.

    ambitransitive
  2. To secrete any substance in a similar way.

    ambitransitive
    The alien beast drooled slime.
  3. To react to something with uncontrollable desire.

    figuratively · informal · intransitive
    That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him!
  4. To talk nonsense; drivel.

Where this word comes from

From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”).

noun/dɹuːl//dɹʉl/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. Saliva trickling from the mouth.

    uncountable · usually
  2. Stupid talk.

    colloquial · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”).

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