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as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up
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as in saliva
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
the baby left a puddle of drool on my shirt
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as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
stop drooling, slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you
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Recent Examples of drool
Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 15 July 2024
Leo sat expectantly with drool dripping out of the corner of his mouth.
—Kevin Farron, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The sores are usually painful, and some children drool more than usual or refuse to eat or drink.2
Your goal as a parent or caregiver is to alleviate your child’s discomfort as much as possible.
—Sarah Bradley, Health, 15 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In some cases, a drool rash can be caused by teething.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 15 July 2024
Leo sat expectantly with drool dripping out of the corner of his mouth.
—Kevin Farron, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
Verb
The Bake-Off is like a walk-through version of The Great British Bake-Off, where your kids can marvel at (and maybe drool over) edible works of art.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The sores are usually painful, and some children drool more than usual or refuse to eat or drink.2
Your goal as a parent or caregiver is to alleviate your child’s discomfort as much as possible.
—Sarah Bradley, Health, 15 Dec. 2024
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The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
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The agency also suggests not touching surfaces or materials contaminated with saliva, mucous or animal feces from wild or domestic birds and animals confirmed or suspected to have bird flu as well as not consuming raw milk or raw milk products.Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Avoid touching your mouth, nose, or eyes after contact with birds or surfaces that may be contaminated with saliva, mucous, or feces from wild or domestic birds.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The sun is spitting out fantastic flares, hurling solar material at Earth and triggering spectacular auroras.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Min Woo Lee impressed employees by recognizing each swing’s metrics before TGL’s systems could even spit them out, and by spinning short shots all over the turf.Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Reviewers rave about the buttery soft fabric that will make traveling more comfortable than ever.Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
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Customers rave about its quick charging time, as noted in over 500 positive reviews.Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Dozens of schoolmates chattered happily under the pines, kicking a soccer ball on sun-streaked grass, climbing a play structure and scarfing down pizza.Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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In addition, the award-winning and emerging writers were asked to include three of eight items in each story: a shovel, the name Sandi, an undertaker, a Minnesota Twins baseball cap, chattering teeth, whistling, smoke and a mousetrap.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2024
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That ain't the show, the show is the nonsense that's happening in between John Wick.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, this rising international elite is creating something very different: a society in which superstition defeats reason and logic, transparency vanishes, and the nefarious actions of political leaders are obscured behind a cloud of nonsense and distraction.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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The fan-favorite will cost you $4.99 each and the BK Melt line-up includes three salivating flavors.Gil Macias, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Saturday evening’s 3-0 win over Leipzig was capped by a glorious team goal, which swiftly had social media salivating on Sunday morning.Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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The Weeknd gushes when talking about his co-stars, Ortega and Keoghan.Jem Aswad, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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When they were connected, Barbaro nervously gushed that Baez deserved her own movie.Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Drool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drool. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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