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
Customers sent their saliva samples to 23andMe for DNA analysis, which the company said allowed users to discover.
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Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 May 2026
People typically get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats and mice—normally when exposed to their urine, droppings and saliva, or sometimes through a bite or scratch—but officials say no rodents have been found on the MV Hondius ship.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Fortunately, your saliva helps neutralize acidic beverages and restore minerals to your teeth, Ritter said.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
Inside the funnel of a Thaumelodone octopus is a small saliva gland, but in this case the gland was comparatively huge, wrapping its way around the entire interior of the funnel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 25 May 2026
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Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 May 2026
People typically get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats and mice—normally when exposed to their urine, droppings and saliva, or sometimes through a bite or scratch—but officials say no rodents have been found on the MV Hondius ship.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Fortunately, your saliva helps neutralize acidic beverages and restore minerals to your teeth, Ritter said.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
Inside the funnel of a Thaumelodone octopus is a small saliva gland, but in this case the gland was comparatively huge, wrapping its way around the entire interior of the funnel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saliva
Noun
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At the same time, the plants unable to detect the molecular signature of the caterpillar’s drool were largely ignored by the wasps.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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Hicks can take advantage of the matchup and cash his home run prop at drool-inducing +700 odds.—
Josh Shepardson,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Or take Doofy Gilmore (Dave Sheridan), a lisping dimwit geek who washes with his own spit.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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By the end of the episode, Hatz was swapping spit with a brand new bombshell.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
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The younger Pearl does not stalk the sideline drenched in sweat, veins bulging from his neck and spittle flying at every questionable call.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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This surgical mask is my disguise and my means of shielding myself from covid spittle.—
Cora Frazier,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Saliva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saliva. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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