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
The Bug Bite Thing is clinically proven to suction out irritants like venom and saliva from mosquitoes, wasps, and more, taking the itching, stinging, and swelling with them.
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Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2025
The virus is typically transmitted to humans when they are bitten or come into contact with urine, droppings and saliva of an infected rodent.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 12 June 2025
The alkaloid, called atropine, is administered to increase heart rate, reduce saliva and fluid in the respiratory tract during surgery, and treat insecticide or mushroom poisoning.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025
After this happened, her normal saliva flow resumed.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2025
The virus is typically transmitted to humans when they are bitten or come into contact with urine, droppings and saliva of an infected rodent.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 12 June 2025
The alkaloid, called atropine, is administered to increase heart rate, reduce saliva and fluid in the respiratory tract during surgery, and treat insecticide or mushroom poisoning.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025
After this happened, her normal saliva flow resumed.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 May 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
Noun
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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 19 Jul. 2025.
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