drooling

Saliva escaping lips

Drooling is letting saliva flow from the mouth, whether involuntarily (as babies and some elderly or ill people do) or from eager anticipation: The dog was drooling over the steak.

Figuratively, to drool over something is to desire it openly and perhaps excessively: He was drooling over the new sports car.

infancy

baby

Very young child

slobber · toddler · newborn · dribble · spit-up · pacifier · nursing · feeding · burp · onesie

physiological

saliva

Mouth's digestive secretion

glands · moisture · dribble · mouth · tongue · swallow · secretion · excess · uncontrollable · reflex

anticipation

craving

Powerful urge to have

hunger · lust · mouthwatering · eagerness · excitement · enthusiasm · impatience · greed · thirst · covetous

Categories
Opposites
saliva control

droolingswallowing

Ingesting via throat muscles

gulping · parched · composed · controlled · dehydrated

desire/enthusiasm expression

droolingindifferent

Lacking interest or concern

uninterested · disgusted · repulsed · apathetic · unmoved

composure/dignity

droolingcomposed

Calm and self-possessed

dignified · poised · refined · elegant · controlled

Family

drool, drivel, drooled, drools, salivation, drooly, salivating

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G