as in drool
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
our mouths filled with saliva when we smelled the delicious dinner
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Recent Examples of saliva
Typically, traces of THC will remain in your saliva for up to 24 hours.
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2025
Then, saliva samples were taken when the gum was chewed for 20 minutes.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The testing required customers to submit a saliva sample by mail to then receive personalized genetic reports, which has resulted in the company holding the genetic data of more than 15 million customers.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
People get hantavirus from exposure to infected rats, mice and other rodents, including when they are exposed to their urine, droppings or saliva, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2025
Then, saliva samples were taken when the gum was chewed for 20 minutes.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The testing required customers to submit a saliva sample by mail to then receive personalized genetic reports, which has resulted in the company holding the genetic data of more than 15 million customers.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
People get hantavirus from exposure to infected rats, mice and other rodents, including when they are exposed to their urine, droppings or saliva, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saliva
Noun
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Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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Wipe the drool off your tank top, put some pants on, and get out your mama’s basement!—
Alex Perry,
The Enquirer,
6 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Each performance won over the critics, built a large base of devoted fans and, yes, included lots of spit, but more about that in a bit.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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Chronology is messy, structurally and visually and viscerally, playing with time and space and memory and oozing with bodily fluids — tears, spit, sweat, come, pee, blood, vomit.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
17 May 2025
Noun
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The mayor nodded and smiled, but also flinched, as though struck by spittle.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2024
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Filling the air with spittle as plentiful as the Allied bombs raining down along the English Channel.—
John Anderson,
WSJ,
31 Oct. 2023
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“Saliva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saliva. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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