Drooling

//ˈdɹuːlɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Salivation.

    "Pavlov referred to these premature droolings as “psychic” secretions, and he began to study why they occurred, in part to avoid future contamination of his digestion experiments."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of drool form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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arrestedbabblingbackwardblitheringcrackedcrazy

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"Mary is practically drooling over Tom."

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