drool

v., drooled, drool·ing, drools.

v.intr.

1. To let saliva run from the mouth; drivel.
2. Informal. To make an extravagant show of appreciation or desire.
3. Informal. To talk nonsense.

v.tr.
To let run from the mouth.

n.

1. Saliva.
2. Informal. Senseless talk; drivel.

[Perhaps alteration of DRIVEL.]

verb

To let saliva run from the mouth: dribble, drivel, salivate, slaver, slobber. See dry/wet, mouth.

noun

Saliva running from the mouth: drivel, salivation, slaver, slobber. See dry/wet, mouth.

The discharge of saliva from the mouth. A normal feature in some breeds of dogs such as St. Bernard, Newfoundland and English bulldog, presumably because of their loose, pendulous lips. In other dogs and in cats it can be a sign of abnormalities of swallowing, painful oral lesions, diseased teeth, or disorders of salivary glands with hypersialosis.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: pretentious or silly talk or writing
  Synonyms: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

Meaning #2: saliva spilling from the mouth
  Synonyms: dribble, drivel, slobber

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The verb drool has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
  Synonym: salivate

Meaning #2: let saliva drivel from the mouth
  Synonyms: drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble
  Also see: drool over (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - savle, måbe af beundring
v. tr. - savle over
n. - savl, savlen

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwijlen, zeveren, slome, kwijl, gezwam

Français (French)
v. intr. - baver, (fig) radoter, baver d'envie/d'admiration
v. tr. - baver
n. - extase, radotage, baver d'envie/d'admiration

Deutsch (German)
v. - geifern, sabbern, in Verzückung geraten
n. - Gesabber, Geschwätz

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βγάζω ή μου τρέχουν σάλια, σαχλαμαρίζω, λέω ανοησίες, λιγουρεύομαι, σαλιαρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
sbavare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - disparatar

Русский (Russian)
пускать слюни

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - babearse, mostrar excesivo placer, hablar tonterías
v. tr. - babear
n. - baba, saliva

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dregla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
流口水, 胡说, 从嘴淌下, 散漫地说, 口水, 梦话

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 流口水, 胡說
v. tr. - 從嘴淌下, 散漫地說
n. - 口水, 夢話

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 군침을 흘리다, 매우 기뻐하다, 쓸데없는 소리를 하다
v. tr. - (침 등을) 흘리다, 감상적으로 ~을 말하다
n. - 군침, 허튼 소리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - よだれを垂らす, はしゃぐ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسيل لعاب شخص من فمه, يتحمس لشئ بسخافه ومبالغه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮פטפט, דיבר שטויות, נמשך ל-‬
v. tr. - ‮הזיל רוק מהפה‬
n. - ‮הזלת ריר, פטפוט‬

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