Drool — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

pretentious or silly talk or writing

saliva spilling from the mouth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌɛmbɹɪənˈɪfɚɹəs/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈuːl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈuːl/

1 syllable Say it as /ˌɛmbɹɪənˈɪfɚɹəs/.

Examples

She was salivating over the raise she anticipated
The baby drooled

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drivel twaddle taradiddle boloney tommyrot humbug salivate slabber bilgewater slobber bosh dribble tarradiddle baloney slaver tosh

Parts of Speech

noun	pretentious or silly talk or writing
noun	saliva spilling from the mouth
verb	be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something “She was salivating over the raise she anticipated”
verb	let saliva drivel from the mouth “The baby drooled”

Word Forms

twaddle	verb	speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
drool	verb	let saliva drivel from the mouth
dribble	verb	let saliva drivel from the mouth
drivel	verb	let saliva drivel from the mouth
slobber	verb	let saliva drivel from the mouth
drivel	noun	saliva spilling from the mouth
driveller	noun	a person who dribbles
drool	noun	saliva spilling from the mouth
drooler	noun	a person who dribbles
slobberer	noun	a person who dribbles
slobber	noun	saliva spilling from the mouth
dribble	noun	saliva spilling from the mouth
dribbler	noun	a person who dribbles

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

sabbern

anmaßendes oder albernes Reden oder Schreiben

🇫🇷French

baver

discours ou écrit prétentieux ou idiots

🇪🇸Spanish

babear

charlas o escritos pretenciosos o tontos

🇮🇹Italian

sbavare

parlare o scrivere in modo pretenzioso o sciocco

🇳🇱Dutch

kwijlen

pretentieus of dom praten of schrijven

🇵🇹Portuguese

babar

conversa ou escrita pretensiosa ou boba

🇷🇺Russian

пускать слюни

претенциозные или глупые разговоры или письма

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लार

दिखावटी या मूर्खतापूर्ण बात या लेखन

🇧🇩Bengali

গর্ত

দাম্ভিক বা নির্বোধ কথা বা লেখা

🇮🇳Tamil

உமிழ்நீர்

பாசாங்குத்தனமான அல்லது முட்டாள்தனமான பேச்சு அல்லது எழுத்து

🇮🇳Telugu

చొంగ కార్చు

ఆడంబరమైన లేదా వెర్రి మాటలు లేదా రాయడం

🇮🇳Marathi

लाळ

दिखाऊ किंवा मूर्ख बोलणे किंवा लेखन

🇮🇳Gujarati

લાળ

દંભી અથવા મૂર્ખ વાતો અથવા લેખન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜೊಲ್ಲು ಸುರಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ

ಆಡಂಬರದ ಅಥವಾ ಸಿಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತು ಅಥವಾ ಬರವಣಿಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തുള്ളിമരുന്ന്

ധാർഷ്ട്യമോ മണ്ടത്തരമോ ആയ സംസാരം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ എഴുത്ത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲਾਰ

ਦਿਖਾਵਾ ਜਾਂ ਮੂਰਖਤਾ ਭਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਜਾਂ ਲਿਖਤ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

流口水

自命不凡或愚蠢的谈话或写作

🇯🇵Japanese

よだれ

大げさなまたは愚かな話や書き込み

🇰🇷Korean

군침

가식적이거나 어리석은 말이나 글

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chảy dãi

nói chuyện hoặc viết một cách kiêu ngạo hoặc ngớ ngẩn

🇹🇭Thai

น้ำลายไหล

พูดหรือเขียนเก๊กหรือโง่

🇮🇩Indonesian

ngiler

pembicaraan atau tulisan yang megah atau konyol

🇲🇾Malay

terliur

bercakap atau menulis berlagak atau bodoh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سال لعابه

الحديث أو الكتابة الطنانة أو سخيفة

🇮🇷Persian

آب دهان

صحبت یا نوشتن پرمدعا یا احمقانه

🇹🇷Turkish

saçmalamak

iddialı veya aptalca konuşma veya yazma

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַזִיל רִיר

דיבורים או כתיבה יומרניים או מטופשים

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