First Known Use: 1802
Dictionary
1drool
verb \ˈdrül\
: to let saliva flow out from the mouth
: to show admiration or desire for something in an exaggerated way
Full Definition of DROOL
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
transitive verb
: to express sentimentally or effusively
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Origin of DROOL
perhaps alteration of drivel
2drool
noun
: saliva that drips from the mouth
Full Definition of DROOL
1
: saliva trickling from the mouth
2
: nonsense
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First Known Use of DROOL
1869
Related to DROOL
- Synonyms
- applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, nonsense, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
DROOL Defined for Kids
1drool
verb \ˈdrül\
drooleddrool·ing
Definition of DROOL for Kids
: to let saliva drip from the mouth
2drool
noun
Definition of DROOL for Kids
: saliva that drips from the mouth
Medical Dictionary
drool
intransitive verb \ˈdrül\
Medical Definition of DROOL
1
: to secrete saliva in anticipation of food
2
: to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth <side effects included drowsiness and drooling>
—drool noun
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