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# drool

verb (drool, drools, drooled, drooling); noun (drool, uncountable)

«drool» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To drool means to let spit (saliva) run out of your mouth, like a baby or a hungry dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#m1)
2. (informal) To drool over something means to want it very much or to admire it in a silly way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#m2)
3. (noun) Drool is the spit that runs from someone's mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life babies drool when their teeth come through and dogs drool when they see food. In science, saliva helps you digest food; Pavlov's dogs drooled at a bell. In stories and jokes, «drooling over» a cake or a new game shows great wanting. Phrases: «drool over», «drool on».

### Examples

- The baby drooled all over my shirt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#x1)
- Our dog drools when he smells sausages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#x2)
- I woke up and there was drool on my pillow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#x3)
- My brother drools over every new video game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#x4)
- The cakes in the window made me drool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#x5)
- Babies drool a lot when they are teething. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#x6)
- Wipe the drool off your chin! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: drooled, drooling — one l in both UK and US spelling. Noun drool is uncountable. Informal; a more formal word is «salivate». «Drool over» is used in a jokey way.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drool» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drool/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drool» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drool.html) on Mova free.