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Synonyms & Antonyms of drooling
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in slobbering, slavering
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drooling
verbpresent participle of drool
Synonyms & Antonyms of drooling (Entry 2 of 2)
1
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
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
- middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age
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3
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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- blabbering,
- blathering,
- bleating,
- blithering,
- gabbing,
- jangling,
- jawing,
- pattering,
- prating,
- rattling,
- running on,
- smattering,
- tittle-tattling,
- trolling,
- yakking
- (also yacking)
- chuntering
- [British],
- maundering,
- mouthing,
- mumbling,
- murmuring,
- muttering
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