drooling 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of droolingnext
as in slobbering

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drooling

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verb

present participle of drool
1
as in spitting
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor

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2
as in raving
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age

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3
as in chatting
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 Synonyms for drooling
  1. spitting
  2. chatting
  3. oily
  4. sickening
  5. gushy
  6. watering
  7. soapy
  8. oleaginous
Verb
  • The sun is spitting out fantastic flares, hurling solar material at Earth and triggering spectacular auroras.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • An Ohio mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly abusing her baby by spitting at her and pouring dish soap down her mouth, authorities said.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of spitting
Verb
  • They were spotted smiling, chatting and generally enjoying themselves.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The Texan lookalike actually spent some time chatting with Powell, who gave Braunstein a hug immediately upon seeing him.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of chatting
Adjective
  • Lastly, rely on a featherweight veil of setting powder strategically placed to the T-zone and oily areas to control excess shine then mist on a dose of setting spray.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
  • This top pick from our moisturizer for oily skin story soothed my irritated skin and helped transform it for the better.
    Cecily McAndrews, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of oily
Adjective
  • While the American food supply is among the safest in the world, the Food and Drug Administration estimates that there are about 48 million cases of foodborne illness annually – the equivalent of sickening 1 in 6 Americans each year.
    Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Los Angeles County is suing the owner of Chiquita Canyon Landfill for failing to control a high-temperature chemical reaction that is cooking garbage and sickening nearby residents.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of sickening
Adjective
  • The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There’s no better time to embrace the mushy gushy than in the first few moments after winning gold medals together.
    Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Definition of gushy
Verb
  • Before, nutrients in the water created an algal slick that kept water from seeping into the ground and watering the trees.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Furthermore, exhibiting accuracy, the robot mimics human-like care by watering a plant delicately and dancing to lively music.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of watering
Adjective
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.
    Robert LloydTelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
Definition of soapy
Adjective
  • One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.
    David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
  • At any moment, the noodles might dissolve, the cheese topping burn, the dish collapse into a soggy, oleaginous mess.
    Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
Definition of oleaginous
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