slavered

verb

past tense of slaver
as in drooled
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth a dog slavering over a bone

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavered
  1. drooled
  2. salivated
  3. spit
Verb
  • Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026
Definition of drooled
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  • The SummerSlam Night 2 main event started with a long staredown and some trash talk between Reigns and Rollins as fans salivated.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Lewis Collection, amassed by British businessman Joe Lewis and his daughter Vivienne (who was sitting in the front as Sotheby’s), was always going to be salivated over by buyers, whatever the market conditions.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026
Definition of salivated
Verb
  • The tokens burned spitting out anti-Waymo opinions are part of a monthslong battle between Waymo and its rivals over whether the autonomous driving company can operate commercially on the streets of several major cities.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The handout compared the pros and cons of the vitamin K shot with oral vitamin K drops, noting that the drawbacks of the drops are that some babies may not be able to absorb them or may spit them up.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of spit
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“Slavered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavered. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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