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drool

  [drool]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
2. to show excessive pleasure or anticipation of pleasure.
3. to talk foolishly.
–noun
4. saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
Origin:
1795–1805; var. of driule, itself var. of drivel
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drool   (drōōl)   
v.   drooled, drool·ing, drools

v.   intr.

  1. To let saliva run from the mouth; drivel.

  2. Informal To make an extravagant show of appreciation or desire.

  3. Informal To talk nonsense.

v.   tr.
To let run from the mouth.
n.  

  1. Saliva.

  2. Informal Senseless talk; drivel.


[Perhaps alteration of drivel.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

drool 
1802, apparently dial. variant or contraction of drivel.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: drool
Pronunciation: 'drül
Function: intransitive verb
1 : to secrete saliva in anticipation of food
2 : to letsaliva or some other substance flow from the mouth drool at about four months —Louise Zabriskie> —drool noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

DROOL games
Dave's Recycled Object-Oriented Language. Language for writing adventure games. An updated implementation of AdvSys. multiple inheritance, garbage collection.
["Dave's Recycled OO Language", David Betz, Dr. Dobbs J, Oct 1993, pp.74-78].

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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