VERB | emotion | drool, salivate | be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something |
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body | drool, drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble | let saliva drivel from the mouth | |
NOUN | communication | drool, baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle | pretentious or silly talk or writing |
body | drool, dribble, drivel, slobber | saliva spilling from the mouth |
Sounds | druw'l | |
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Rhymes | Blackpool ... Yule: 48 rhymes with uwl... |
Meaning | pretentious or silly talk or writing. | |
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Synonyms | baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle | |
Broader | nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum | A message that seems to convey no meaning / meaning |
Usage of | slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
Spanish | bobadas, boloney, chorradas, disparates, tonterías | |
Catalan | bajanades, bestiesa, boloney, disbarat, poca-soltada, ximpleria |
Meaning | saliva spilling from the mouth. | |
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Synonyms | dribble, drivel, slobber | |
Broader | saliva, spit, spittle | A clear liquid / liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth |
Spanish | baba, babaza, babosadas, espumarajo, leseras, saliva | |
Catalan | bava, ximpleries | |
Verbs | drool | let saliva drivel from the mouth |
Meaning | Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | Sam and Sue drool over the results of the experiment | |
Synonym | salivate | |
Broader | covet | wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) |
Spanish | babear |
Meaning | Let saliva drivel from the mouth. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "The baby drooled" | |
Synonyms | drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble | |
Broader | salivate | produce saliva |
See also | drool over | envy / envy without restraint |
Spanish | babear, babosear, salivar | |
Catalan | bavejar, degotar, gotejar | |
Nouns | drool | saliva spilling from the mouth |
drooler | a person who dribbles |
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