drooled; drooling; drools
1
a
: to secrete saliva in anticipation of food
The dog hears the bell and begins to drool.
b
: to let saliva dribble from the mouth : drivel sense 2
a drooling baby
2
3
: to talk nonsense
: to express sentimentally or effusively
Examples of drool in a Sentence
Verb
the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor
middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age
Noun
He wiped the drool from the baby's face.
the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up
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Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
Flores will drool across the Irish Sea this week at the thought of welcoming a rookie quarterback making his first NFL start.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The trailer opens with Elsbeth — clad in a hot-pink plaid suit that would make Cher from Clueless drool — asleep on a couch behind a pile of pastel-pink luggage in the office of Scotty Bristol (Stephen Colbert), the host of the fictional late-night show Way Late with Scotty Bristol.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Naturally, the post attracted over 16,000 comments of women drooling over him.
—Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
Flores will drool across the Irish Sea this week at the thought of welcoming a rookie quarterback making his first NFL start.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
At one point, Pancho is filmed getting a bath in the sink, likely to wash off the drool from his oversized pals.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The trailer opens with Elsbeth — clad in a hot-pink plaid suit that would make Cher from Clueless drool — asleep on a couch behind a pile of pastel-pink luggage in the office of Scotty Bristol (Stephen Colbert), the host of the fictional late-night show Way Late with Scotty Bristol.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Drool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drool. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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drool
intransitive verb1
: 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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