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
After this happened, her normal saliva flow resumed.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Chewing sugar-free gum: This stimulates saliva production without further damaging teeth.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 6 June 2025
The test, according to World Boxing, can be conducted via nasal or mouth swab, saliva, or blood.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 5 June 2025
In last week’s announcement, World Boxing said all athletes over the age of 18 will have to undertake a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) genetic test, which can be conducted by a nasal or mouth swab, saliva or blood.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Chewing sugar-free gum: This stimulates saliva production without further damaging teeth.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 6 June 2025
The test, according to World Boxing, can be conducted via nasal or mouth swab, saliva, or blood.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 5 June 2025
In last week’s announcement, World Boxing said all athletes over the age of 18 will have to undertake a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) genetic test, which can be conducted by a nasal or mouth swab, saliva or blood.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saliva
Noun
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Start with the dragon and its bizarre dog-like face, exaggerated fangs and dripping drool.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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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
Noun
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Middle Eastern shawarma is usually prepared with thin cuts of seasoned meat that is stacked and grilled on a spit.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2025
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Here, Astal says Ahmed has been dazzled by the abundance of shawarma - a sandwich of sliced chicken roasted on a spit.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
20 June 2025
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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 10 Jul. 2025.
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