Drooling Meaning in English
word · lemma: drool
التعريف
Letting saliva come out of your mouth, often by accident or when you see or think about something you really want (like delicious food). It can be used literally for physical drooling, or figuratively when someone strongly desires something.
الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة
Often describes babies or pets, but also adults when strongly hungry or wanting something. Used literally (actual saliva) or figuratively ('drooling over' a new phone). Usually informal. Collocations: 'the dog is drooling', 'drooling over food'.
جمل نموذجية
The baby is drooling on her shirt.
basic
The dog keeps drooling on the floor.
basic
He was drooling as he watched the pizza.
basic
Stop drooling over the new phone—you just bought one!
natural
We were all drooling at the smell of fresh bread.
natural
He stared at the dessert, practically drooling with anticipation.
natural