DROOL
Dictionary entry overview: What does drool mean?
• DROOL (noun)
The noun DROOL has 2 senses:
1. pretentious or silly talk or writing
2. saliva spilling from the mouth
Familiarity information: DROOL used as a noun is rare.
• DROOL (verb)
The verb DROOL has 2 senses:
1. be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
2. let saliva drivel from the mouth
Familiarity information: DROOL used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DROOL (noun)
Meaning:
Pretentious or silly talk or writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
tosh; twaddle; humbug; drool; bosh; boloney; bilgewater; baloney; tommyrot; tarradiddle; taradiddle
Hypernyms ("drool" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Meaning:
Saliva spilling from the mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
slobber; dribble; drivel; drool
Hypernyms ("drool" is a kind of...):
saliva; spit; spittle (a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches)
• DROOL (verb)
Meaning:
Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
drool; salivate
Context example:
She was salivating over the raise she anticipated
Hypernyms (to "drool" is one way to...):
covet (wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue drool over the results of the experiment
Meaning:
Let saliva drivel from the mouth
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
slobber; slaver; slabber; drivel; drool; dribble
Context example:
The baby drooled
Hypernyms (to "drool" is one way to...):
salivate (produce saliva)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Also:
drool over (envy without restraint)
