noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/dɹuːl/
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Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/dɹʉl/
rhymes with -uːl
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Saliva trickling from the mouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Stupid talk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To secrete any substance in a similar way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
The alien beast drooled slime.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To react to something with uncontrollable desire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal, intransitive
Examples
That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To talk nonsense; drivel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
saliva spilling from the mouth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dribble, drivel, slobber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: saliva, spit, spittle
8
noun
Meaning 8
pretentious or silly talk or writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She was salivating over the raise she anticipated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: salivate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: covet
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
115 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
լորձունք
(lorjunkʻ)
— saliva
Armenian:
շողիք
(šoġikʻ)
— saliva
Basque:
lerde
— saliva
Bulgarian:
лиги
(ligi)
— saliva
Chinese Mandarin:
口水
(kǒushuǐ)
— saliva
Danish:
savl
— saliva
Esperanto:
bavo
— saliva
Faroese:
sleva
— saliva
Faroese:
slev
— saliva
Finnish:
kuola
— saliva
French:
bave
— saliva
Galician:
baba
— saliva
Galician:
baballa
— saliva
German:
Sabber
— saliva
German:
Geifer
— saliva
German:
Gesabbere
— saliva
German:
Spucke
— saliva
German:
Speichel
— saliva
Ido:
bavo
— saliva
Italian:
bava
— saliva
Italian:
sputo
— saliva
Japanese:
涎
(yodare)
— saliva
Japanese:
唾
(tsuba)
— saliva
Portuguese:
baba
— saliva
Romanian:
bale
— saliva
Russian:
слю́ни
(sljúni)
— saliva
Serbo-Croatian:
слине
— saliva
Serbo-Croatian:
sline
— saliva
Sikkimese:
ཁ་མཆུ
(kha mchu)
— saliva
Spanish:
baba
— saliva
Swedish:
dregel
— saliva
Tauya:
drool
— saliva
Afrikaans:
kwyl
— to secrete saliva
Arabic:
أَسَالَ لُعَابًا
(ʔasāla luʕāban)
— to secrete saliva
Bulgarian:
лигавя се
(ligavja se)
— to secrete saliva
Bulgarian:
текат ми лигите
(tekat mi ligite)
— to secrete saliva
Catalan:
salivar
— to secrete saliva
Chinese Cantonese:
流口水
(lau4 hau2 seoi2)
— to secrete saliva
Hakka Chinese:
該跃跃
(kôi-yok-yok)
— to secrete saliva
Chinese:
流瀾 /流澜
(zh-min-nan)
— to secrete saliva
Chinese Mandarin:
流口水
(liú kǒushuǐ)
— to secrete saliva
Czech:
slintat
— to secrete saliva
Danish:
savle
— to secrete saliva
Dutch:
kwijlen
— to secrete saliva
Esperanto:
salivi
— to secrete saliva
Faroese:
sleva
— to secrete saliva
Finnish:
kuolata
— to secrete saliva
French:
saliver
— to secrete saliva
French:
baver
— to secrete saliva
West-Frisian:
flyberje
— to secrete saliva
Galician:
babexar
— to secrete saliva
Galician:
babar
— to secrete saliva
German:
sabbern
— to secrete saliva
German:
geifern
— to secrete saliva
Greek:
σαλιάζω
(saliázo)
— to secrete saliva
Hebrew:
הזיל ריר
(hizíl rir)
— to secrete saliva
Hungarian:
nyáladzik
— to secrete saliva
Hungarian:
csorog a nyála
— to secrete saliva
Hungarian:
csorgatja a nyálát
— to secrete saliva
Icelandic:
slefa
— to secrete saliva
Indonesian:
mengiler
— to secrete saliva
Italian:
sbavare
— to secrete saliva
Italian:
salivare
— to secrete saliva
Italian:
schiumare
— to secrete saliva
Latvian:
siekaļot
— to secrete saliva
Latvian:
siekaļoties
— to secrete saliva
Macedonian:
се лигави
(se ligavi)
— to secrete saliva
Māori:
hāwareware
— to secrete saliva
Norwegian:
sikle
— to secrete saliva
Polish:
ślinić się
— to secrete saliva
Portuguese:
salivar
— to secrete saliva
Portuguese:
babar
— to secrete saliva
Romanian:
saliva
— to secrete saliva
Russian:
пуска́ть слюну́
(puskátʹ sljunú)
— to secrete saliva
Russian:
слюня́вить
(sljunjávitʹ)
— to secrete saliva
Russian:
наслюня́вить
(nasljunjávitʹ)
— to secrete saliva
Russian:
заслюня́вить
(zasljunjávitʹ)
— to secrete saliva
Serbo-Croatian:
слинити
— to secrete saliva
Serbo-Croatian:
ба̏лавити
— to secrete saliva
Serbo-Croatian:
sliniti
— to secrete saliva
Serbo-Croatian:
bȁlaviti
— to secrete saliva
Slovak:
slintať
— to secrete saliva
Spanish:
babear
— to secrete saliva
Spanish:
salivar
— to secrete saliva
Spanish:
babosear
— to secrete saliva
Spanish:
ensalivar
— to secrete saliva
Spanish:
hacérsele la boca agua
— to secrete saliva
Spanish:
hacérsele la boca un agua
— to secrete saliva
Spanish:
hacérsele agua la boca
— to secrete saliva
Swedish:
dregla
— to secrete saliva
Walloon:
blefer
— to secrete saliva
Walloon:
gleter
— to secrete saliva
Zazaki:
gıleski (diq)
— to secrete saliva
Spanish:
babear
— to react to something with uncontrollable desire
Spanish:
caérsele la baba
— to react to something with uncontrollable desire
Arabic:
هَذَى
(haḏā)
— to talk nonsense
Bulgarian:
говоря глупости
(govorja gluposti)
— to talk nonsense
Czech:
žvanit
— to talk nonsense
Finnish:
höpistä
— to talk nonsense
German:
Quatsch reden
— to talk nonsense
German:
Scheiße reden
— to talk nonsense
German:
dumm schwätzen
— to talk nonsense
Hungarian:
zagyvál
— to talk nonsense
Italian:
sproloquiare
— to talk nonsense
Italian:
cianciare
— to talk nonsense
Italian:
blaterare
— to talk nonsense
Italian:
parlare a vanvera
— to talk nonsense
Portuguese:
falar merda
— to talk nonsense
Russian:
говори́ть глу́пости
(govorítʹ glúposti)
— to talk nonsense
Russian:
поро́ть чушь
(porótʹ čušʹ)
— to talk nonsense
Serbo-Croatian:
govoriti gluposti
— to talk nonsense