drool

English

Etymology

From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɹuːl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -uːl

Verb

drool (third-person singular simple present drools, present participle drooling, simple past and past participle drooled)

(transitive, intransitive) To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
(transitive, intransitive) To secrete any substance in a similar way.
The alien beast drooled slime.
(intransitive, informal, figurative) To react to something with uncontrollable desire.
That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him!
To talk nonsense; drivel.

Synonyms

(emit saliva): slaver, slobber, drivel

Translations

secrete saliva

Arabic: أَسَالَ لُعَابًا‎ (ʾasāla luʿāban)
Bulgarian: лигавя се (ligavja se), текат ми лигите (tekat mi ligite)
Catalan: salivar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 流口水 (lau⁴ hau²seoi²)
Mandarin: 流口水 (liú kǒushuǐ)
Min Nan: 流瀾 (lâu-nuā)
Hakka: 該跃跃 (kôi-yok-yok)
Czech: slintat (cs)
Danish: savle
Dutch: kwijlen (nl)
Esperanto: salivi
Faroese: sleva
Finnish: kuolata (fi)
French: saliver (fr), baver (fr)
Galician: babexar, babar
German: sabbern (de), geifern (de)
Greek: σαλιάζω (el) (saliázo)
Hebrew: הזיל ריר‎ (hizíl rir)
Hungarian: nyáladzik (hu) (in a strictly medical sense), csorog a nyála, csorgatja a nyálát
Indonesian: mengiler (id)
Italian: sbavare (it), salivare (it), schiumare (it)
Latvian: siekaļot, siekaļoties
Maori: hāwareware
Norwegian: sikle (no)
Polish: ślinić się (pl)
Portuguese: salivar (pt), babar (pt)
Romanian: saliva (ro)
Russian: пуска́ть слюну́ impf (puskátʹ sljunú), слюня́вить (ru) impf (sljunjávitʹ), наслюня́вить (ru) pf (nasljunjávitʹ), заслюня́вить (ru) pf (zasljunjávitʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: слинити, ба̏лавити
Roman: sliniti (sh), bȁlaviti (sh)
Slovak: slintať
Spanish: babear (es), salivar (es), babosear (es)
Swedish: dregla (sv)
Walloon: blefer (wa), gleter (wa)
West Frisian: flyberje
Westrobothnian: regel
Zazaki: gıleski

talk nonsense

Arabic: هَذَى‎ (haḏā)
Bulgarian: говоря глупости (govorja gluposti)
Czech: (informal) žvanit (cs)
Finnish: höpistä (fi)
German: Quatsch reden, Scheiße reden, dumm schwätzen
Hungarian: badarságokat/ ostobaságokat/ marhaságokat/ szamárságokat/ hülyeségeket beszél, zagyvál
Italian: sproloquiare, cianciare (it), blaterare (it), parlare a vanvera
Portuguese: falar merda
Russian: говори́ть глу́пости impf (govorítʹ glúposti), поро́ть чушь impf (porótʹ čušʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: govoriti gluposti, lupetati (sh), baljezgati (sh)
Spanish: hablar disparates, hablar tonterías

Noun

drool (uncountable)

Saliva trickling from the mouth.
(colloquial) Stupid talk.

Derived terms

drool bucket
droolsome
drooly
droolworthy

Translations

saliva

Armenian: լորձունք (hy) (lorjunkʿ), շողիք (hy) (šołikʿ)
Basque: lerde (eu)
Bulgarian: лиги (bg) pl (ligi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 口水 (zh) (kǒushuǐ)
Danish: savl n
Esperanto: bavo
Faroese: sleva f, slev n
Finnish: kuola (fi)
French: bave (fr) f
Galician: baba (gl) f, baballa f
German: Sabber (de) m, Geifer (de) f, Gesabbere n, Spucke (de) f, Speichel (de) m
Ido: bavo (io)
Italian: bava (it) f, sputo (it) m
Japanese: 涎 (ja) (よだれ, yodare), 唾 (ja) (つば, tsuba)
Portuguese: baba (pt) f
Romanian: bale (ro) f pl
Russian: слю́ни (ru) f pl (sljúni)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: слине f pl
Roman: sline f pl
Spanish: baba (es) f
Swedish: dregel (sv) n

Anagrams

dolor, loord