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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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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
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.
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drooled
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Nafisa allegedly spat on someone, believed to be a Frontier employee, per Local 10, as she was being taken off the plane.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Portuguese princess who could go from spitting 16s with Swollen Members to dropping ‘Maneater’ and ‘Promiscuous’ with Timbaland.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2026
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Tight end is another interesting position, especially after coach Willie Simmons has raved about the improved speed in this unit.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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Shesterkin made 22 saves in net, and Sullivan raved about his work ethic and competitiveness in his postgame press conference.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Viewers on the live stream, meanwhile, chatted excitedly about unusual species, including a sea star that resembled Patrick Star from the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2026
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Campbell shook hands and chatted it up with scores of familiar faces during the workout at Sac State, including Hornets athletic director Mark Orr.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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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
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Keller girls basketball coach Kate Goldberg shared a moment with her former star before the game and previously had gushed about her work ethic and mentality.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Tyrone Phillips of Little Rock recently gushed about the pace and quality of his recent bass fishing trips to Lake Hamilton.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
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Clancy then walked in from behind the stage, carrying a bouquet of flowers as the students chattered.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
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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
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Dunst doesn’t get fussed about that sort of thing.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Drooled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drooled. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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