drooled

verb

past tense of drool
1
as in spit
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor

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2
as in raved
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age

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3
as in chatted
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 drooled Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital. — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026 Fighter Josh Hokit drooled at the weigh-in in front of the Lincoln Memorial. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026 For years, college coaches and NBA scouts have drooled over the potential of Stokes, a likely 2027 lottery pick. — Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests. — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drooled
  1. spit
  2. raved
  3. chatted
  4. salivated
  5. gushed
  6. chattered
  7. slobbered
  8. fussed
Verb
  • The pouches do not require spitting and are sold in multiple flavors, such as coffee, mint, fruit and seasonal options like pumpkin spice.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Gardner-Johnson, who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, appeared to spit in the direction of Raiders tight end Brock Bowers.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of spit
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  • Eli Tan at the New York Times raved about Muse handling a call to his insurance company.
    — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Representatives of the Royals and Populous raved about the new stadium renderings in Thursday’s reveal.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of raved
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  • Billboard chatted with October’s Hip-Hop Up & Comer, Noodah 05, about the origins of his name, why old-school R&B always has him in a chokehold, his desire to emulate André 3000, and his aspirations to become the new-age Thanos of rap.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Authorities say Green has chatted with hundreds of young girls online.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of chatted
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  • The SummerSlam Night 2 main event started with a long staredown and some trash talk between Reigns and Rollins as fans salivated.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Lewis Collection, amassed by British businessman Joe Lewis and his daughter Vivienne (who was sitting in the front as Sotheby’s), was always going to be salivated over by buyers, whatever the market conditions.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026
Definition of salivated
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  • Polling suggests a tight race, and millions of dollars have gushed into Kansas, flooding the state's airwaves with anti-Marshall and anti-Hamilton ads.
    — Riley Callanan, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Trump gushed about Minaj during an Oval Office meeting earlier this week.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of gushed
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  • Suspended in a pool, holding onto an oxygen mask as her teeth chattered, Julia Wolf began to seriously consider the possibility of hypothermia.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Some raved about the experience to those in line while others chattered among themselves about their thoughts.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of chattered
Verb
  • Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon… MSNBC has no facts and no audience.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025
Definition of slobbered
Verb
  • If the offensive line’s healthy again, RB Saquon Barkley will ramble again, broadening QB Jalen Hurts’ margin for error and being fussed at by the coaching staff.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The crime went unsolved for many years, prompting Mason to start making this movie in the early 2000s, and the immediate conclusion to jump to is that the LAPD maybe wasn’t too fussed about it.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of fussed

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“Drooled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drooled. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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