drool
/dɹuːl/
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Northern Ireland/dɹʉl/
drool verb: to secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
Verb
drool (third-person singular simple present drools, present participle drooling, simple past and past participle drooled)
- To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
- To secrete any substance in a similar way.
- The alien beast drooled slime.
- To react to something with uncontrollable desire.
- That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him!
- To talk nonsense; drivel.
Noun
drool (usually uncountable, plural drools)
drool meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
drool in Tamil
- எச்சில் வடி, ஜொள்ளு விடு, ஆசைப்படு, முட்டாள் தனமான, அர்த்தமில்லாத தொடர்ச்சியான பேச்சு
drool in Urdu
- رال بہنا
drool in Bengali
- drool, saliva
- লালা lala
- to drool
- লালা lala
drool in Malayalam
- slaver, salivate, dribble
- തുപ്പൽ ഒലിക്കുക, ഈത്ത ഒലിക്കുക, ഈത്താ ഒഴുക്കുക, ഉമിനീരൊലിക്കുക, ചൊള്ളുക, ചാളുക
- saliva, spit, spittle
- ഉമിനീർ, വാൽ, തുപ്പൽ, വായിൽ ഊറിവരുന്ന വെള്ളം, ഉമിഴ്നീർ, ഉമിണീർ
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- drool in Kannada
- ಜೊಲ್ಲು ಸುರಿಸು, ನಿಷ್ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಶಂಸಿಸು
- drool in Arabic
- أَسَالَ لُعَابًا ʔasāla luʕāban, هَذَى haḏā
- drool in Indonesian
- mengiler
Examples of drool in a sentence
- If she even thought about the crunchy, ring-shaped sweet bread, she practically drooled.
- Why do so many women turn into drooling idiots when it comes to a smooth talking man?”
- A really derpy, mugly caveman, with a sloping forehead, a drooling mouth and Dwayne's buzz cut.
Synonyms of drool
Forms of drool
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | drools |
| present participle | drooling |
| past participle | drooled |
| past | drooled |
| Noun | |
| plural | drools |
Origin of drool
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”).
Words formed from drool
Phrases with drool
Words that rhyme with drool
42 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spool
- doole
- pule
- yule
- buhl
- huemul
- Juul
- misrule
- poule
- rocking stool
- you'll
- 6-2-1 rule
- adverse interest rule
- aemule
- babul
- befool
- bool
- cagoule
- crool
- emule
- firefighter's rule
- gigajoule
- grool
- gule
- hool
- hydrocool
- joule
- kewl
- kilojoule
- megajoule
- mewl
- pasta fazool
- petajoule
- retool
- shul
- snool
- sool
- terajoule
- torchecul
- tulle
- uncool
- yottajoule
Questions about drool
- What does drool mean?
- Drool means to secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
- What is drool in Tamil?
- Drool in Tamil is எச்சில் வடி, ஜொள்ளு விடு, ஆசைப்படு. See Drool meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is drool?
- Drool can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce drool?
- Drool is pronounced /dɹuːl/.
- What is the past tense of drool?
- The past tense of drool is drooled.
Words near drool in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drool (page history and authors); drool (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); drool (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); লালা (Bengali) (page history and authors); drool (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); drool (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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