as in drooling
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth
a dog slavering over a bone
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Recent Examples of slavering
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The welcome wagon on their second night as pioneers was a slavering mob.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Dead Julian topples over her, slavering jaws snapping.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The welcome wagon on their second night as pioneers was a slavering mob.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavering
Verb
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Well, then it’s being stolen right out from under its retracting proboscis, which is actually just another drooling head that lives in its mouth.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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The most common symptoms of teething include drooling, putting fingers or fists in their mouth, swollen or puffy gums, difficulty sleeping, crankiness and fussiness, per the institution.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Twice in the past two years, buyout firms have circled Macy’s, attracted not so much to its long-term potential as a business but downright salivating over the real estate its stores occupy.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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The arm, the release, the feet, the IQ, left college coaches — and college general managers — salivating.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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They are also known for their thick, oily fur that stays dry in the rain.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The same products that work for oily skin won't work as well for dry skin, so choose a product tailored to your skin type.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.—
David Owen,
The New Yorker,
27 July 2024
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Ted Cruz, the perennial front-runner, is smug and oleaginous—hated equally by his colleagues and the public.—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
26 Sep. 2022
Adjective
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To come in and have [designers] fight over my Polaroid would be so sickening, or even a judge on the show.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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Man arrested for sickening act at Charlie Kirk memorial outside Turning Point HQ MAJOR HEADLINES PARTY POWERPLAY – Zohran Mamdani lands key endorsement in New York City mayoral race.—
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FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Patricia Clarkson has joined the second season of Ransom Canyon, the soapy Netflix western that has started production in New Mexico.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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The soapy musical drama premiered on ABC in 2012.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Social Security Administration sent a gushy, questionable email July 4 to millions of people collecting Social Security benefits and others.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.—
Jesse McKinley,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2024
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Eschewing the polished, hagiographic style of many contemporary making-of documentaries, Figgis keeps his footprint small and his perspective immediate.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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Years of hagiographic media coverage and his immense social-media reach birthed legions of fanboys and nurtured a cult of personality.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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“Slavering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavering. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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