drool

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -uːl

VerbEdit

drool (third-person singular simple present drools, present participle drooling, simple past and past participle drooled)

1. to secrete saliva in anticipation of food
2. to secrete saliva upon seeing something nice

   That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him

3. to talk nonsense

SynonymsEdit

• (emit saliva): slaver, slobber, drivel

TranslationsEdit

to secrete saliva in anticipation of food

• Bulgarian: лигавя се (ligavja se), текат ми лигите (tekat mi ligite)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 流口水 (lau⁴ hau²seoi²)

  Mandarin: 流口水 (liú kǒushuǐ)

  Min Nan: 流瀾 (lâu-nuā)

• Czech: slintat (cs)
• Danish: savle
• Dutch: kwijlen (nl)
• Esperanto: salivi
• Faroese: sleva
• Finnish: kuolata
• French: saliver (fr), baver (fr)
• German: sabbern (de)
• Greek: σαλιάζω (el) (saliázo)
• Hebrew: הזיל ריר‎‎ (hizíl rir)

• Italian: sbavare (it), salivare (it), schiumare (it)
• Latvian: siekaļot, siekaļoties
• Maori: hāwareware
• Norwegian: sikle (no)
• Polish: ślinić się (pl)
• Portuguese: salivar (pt)
• Russian: пуска́ть слюну́ impf (puskátʹ sljunú)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: слинити, ба̏лавити

  Roman: sliniti (sh), bȁlaviti (sh)

• Slovak: slintať
• Spanish: babear (es), salivar (es)
• Swedish: dregla (sv)
• Walloon: blefer, gleter (wa)
• Westrobothnian: regel

to talk nonsense

• Bulgarian: говоря глупости (govorja gluposti)
• Czech: (informal) žvanit (cs)
• Finnish: höpistä (fi)
• Italian: sproloquiare, cianciare, blaterare (it), parlare a vanvera

• Portuguese: falar merda
• Russian: говори́ть глу́пости impf (govorítʹ glúposti), поро́ть чушь impf (porótʹ čušʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: govoriti gluposti, lupetati (sh), baljezgati (sh)

NounEdit

drool (uncountable)

1. saliva trickling from the mouth

Derived termsEdit

• drooly

TranslationsEdit

saliva

• Basque: lerde (eu)
• Bulgarian: лиги (bg) pl (ligi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口水 (zh) (kǒushuǐ)

• Danish: savl n
• Esperanto: bavo
• Faroese: sleva f, slev n
• Finnish: kuola (fi)
• French: bave (fr) f
• Ido: bavo (io)

• Italian: bava (it) f, sputo (it) m
• Japanese: 涎 (ja) (よだれ, yodare), 唾 (ja) (つば, tsuba)
• Portuguese: baba (pt) f
• Russian: слю́ни (ru) f pl (sljúni)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: слине f pl

  Roman: sline f pl

• Spanish: baba (es) f
• Swedish: dregel n

AnagramsEdit

• dolor, loord