Thesaurus results for SALIVATES

salivates

verb

present tense third-person singular of salivate

as in drools

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth the dog salivated at the sight of the raw meat

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Recent Examples of salivates The stars have been delivering the kind of high-fashion moments the industry at the center of the film salivates over, studies and celebrates. — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026

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spits

Verb

That shift matters because judgment, not technical execution, is becoming what separates a good analyst from a tool that just spits out answers.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
The most forceful argument to this end comes during a sequence in Hades, when Sinon (Elliot Page, giving the film’s best performance) essentially spits on Odysseus’s ethical and narrative framework for the world.

— Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026