different between drooly vs drool

English

Etymology

drool +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?li

Adjective

drooly (comparative droolier, superlative drooliest)

1. (informal) Producing an excess of drool.
2. (informal) Covered in 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): /d?u?l/
• Rhymes: -u?l

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To secrete any substance in a similar way.

3. (intransitive, informal, figuratively) To react to something with uncontrollable desire.

4. To talk nonsense; drivel.

Synonyms

• (emit saliva): slaver, slobber, drivel

Translations

Noun

drool (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• droolsome
• drooly
• droolworthy

Translations

Anagrams

• dolor, loord