drool (v.)

"drivel, slobber, drip saliva, as an infant does," 1802, drule, apparently a dialectal variant or contraction of drivel. Related: Drooled; drooling. The noun is from 1869.

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drivel (v.)

Old English dreflian "to slaver, slobber, run at the nose," from Proto-Germanic *drab-, perhaps from a PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy, darken." Transferred meaning "to speak nonsense" is mid-14c., driveling being characteristic of children, idiots, and dotards. Related: Driveling, drivelling.

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Definitions of drool from WordNet

drool (v.)

be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something;

Synonyms: salivate

drool (v.)

let saliva drivel from the mouth;

The baby drooled

Synonyms: drivel / slabber / slaver / slobber / dribble

drool (n.)

pretentious or silly talk or writing;

Synonyms: baloney / boloney / bilgewater / bosh / humbug / taradiddle / tarradiddle / tommyrot / tosh / twaddle

drool (n.)

saliva spilling from the mouth;

Synonyms: dribble / drivel / slobber

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