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Drool

To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.

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Broader term 7

Bunk 76% connected

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Covet 76% connected

To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nonsense 76% connected

That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Saliva 76% connected

The secretion from the salivary glands.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Salivate 76% connected

To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.

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Spit 76% connected

A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

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Spittle 76% connected

See Spital.

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Dribble 74% connected

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dribble 74% connected

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

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Drivel 74% connected

To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drivel 74% connected

To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

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Bosh 92% connected

Figure; outline; show.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dribble 92% connected

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drivel 92% connected

To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Humbug 92% connected

An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Salivate 92% connected

To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slabber 92% connected

To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slaver 92% connected

A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slobber 92% connected

See Slabber.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tosh 92% connected

Neat; trim.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twaddle 92% connected

To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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