drool
Plural: drools
Noun
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
- saliva spilling from the mouth
- Saliva trickling from the mouth.
- Stupid talk.
Verb
Verb Forms: drooled, drooling, drools
- To let saliva flow from the mouth; to drivel.
- be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
- let saliva drivel from the mouth
- "The baby drooled"
- To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
- To secrete any substance in a similar way.
- To react to something with uncontrollable desire.
- To talk nonsense; drivel.
Examples
- He would almost drool at the sight of a triple-word score with a ’Z’ tile.
- That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him!
- The alien beast drooled slime.
Origin / Etymology
From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”).
Synonyms
baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, dribble, drivel, humbug, salivate, slabber, slaver, slobber, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
Scrabble Score: 6
drool: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddrool: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drool: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary