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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
  • You're used to people spitting lies at you about their identity.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The song grew into a post-grunge anthem, an abrasively catchy, groovy head-scratcher about being blown to hell, spitting in wishing wells, and cuckoo cannonballs.
    Drew Fortune, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of spitting
Verb
  • Grew up helping and chatting to customers in his mother’s nail salon and went on to work in Paris for Maison Margiela under John Galliano, Mai feels strongly about his Vietnamese heritage as well as Texan/American roots.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • There are also a few basic apps like WhatsApp for chatting with friends, but the company is on a mission to reduce screen time, so it’s designed to for minimum obsession and maximum pink pride.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of chatting
Adjective
  • When rain falls through them, the metals react, leaving polluted puddles with an oily sheen to seep into nearby creeks.
    John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Jojoba oil is an oily wax made from the seed of the jojoba plant, a desert shrub.
    Susan Bard, Verywell Health, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of oily
Adjective
  • Reviews of the film at the time tended to single out the career-best performance of Jason Patric, primarily because, as the aggro, rape-minded workout buddy to Eckhart’s weak-spined Barry, Patric’s is the showiest and most sickening role.
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The yearling scrambled back up its tree, then let go and fell, landing with a sickening thud.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • Continue watering about once a month to keep the soil moist, but not wet.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 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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