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 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
  • That’s when a 17-year-old girl spit at an officer when she was asked to leave the area, authorities said.
    — WBFF STAFF, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2026
  • The final game of their series win against the Colorado Rockies coincided with the second day of the 2026 MLB Draft, when teams start drafting based on outlier tools, senior signability or the statistical analyses their internal models spit out.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of spit
Verb
  • Victoria Phillips-Hunter from Carlisle, England, raved about the hospitality staff, having worked in hospitality herself.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Such was the case last week when one of my sisters, Lulu, raved to me about Medicube’s PDRN Pink Peptide Serum.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 14 July 2026
Definition of raved
Verb
  • As Macron greeted crowds on the Champs-Elysees, spectators chatted with him about France’s chances of victory.
    — Eva van Dam, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • In these ornate halls, while those with more serious ailments might soak in mineral baths or endure being wrapped in a wet sheet for the sake of their health, others played cards, chatted with friends, and attended concerts.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • 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
  • However, in the aftermath of Maduro’s capture, Trump has repeatedly salivated over Venezuela’s rich oil reserves amid discussions about the country’s future.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of salivated
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  • The 54-year-old actor, a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan, gushed to Chiefs Wire about his excitement over attending the July 3 Madison Square Garden ceremony with wife Lindsay Schweitzer in an interview published Wednesday, July 15.
    — KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Moore previously gushed about her Breadwinner costars in late May when the film premiered in theaters.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026
Definition of gushed
Verb
  • The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Vuvuzelas honked like a chorus of drunk geese, and spectators chattered excitedly.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 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
  • 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
  • Dunst doesn’t get fussed about that sort of thing.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2025
Definition of fussed

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