Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To secrete or produce saliva.
- intransitive verb Informal To be full of desire or eagerness for something.
- intransitive verb To produce excessive salivation in.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To purge by the salivary glands; produce an unusual secretion and discharge of saliva in, usually by the action of mercury; produce ptyalism in.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To produce
saliva . - verb intransitive To show
eager anticipation at theexpectation of something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb produce saliva
- verb be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Thus if the spoils of desktop browser wars was the soul of the Internet, then the coming war will be for the soft, pliant heart of the social web; it all comes down to distribution and sticky eyeballs synapsed to clicky-clicky fingers over which advertisers and their kin salivate and jerk off.
The battle for the future of the social web | FactoryCity 2008
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“This expat Texan lovingly describes her quest to find and re-create the food she loves so much — BBQ, fried chicken, and Tex-Mex … and her post on classic Tex-Mex tacos made me salivate, which is what a good food blog should do.” —
Frequently Asked Questions | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2005
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“This expat Texan lovingly describes her quest to find and re-create the food she loves so much — BBQ, fried chicken, and Tex-Mex … and her post on classic Tex-Mex tacos made me salivate, which is what a good food blog should do.” —
Archive 2005-09-01 Homesick Texan 2005
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Studio execs 'salivate' as the $15,000 horror film makes $7m on its opening weekend
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Studio execs 'salivate' as the $15,000 horror film makes $7m on its opening weekend
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Studio execs 'salivate' as the $15,000 horror film makes $7m on its opening weekend
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Studio execs 'salivate' as the $15,000 horror film makes $7m on its opening weekend
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That sort of socialist sloganeering makes Berlusconi's base of businessmen recoil and his political advisers salivate.
Nichi Vendola, a gay, ex-communist governor, becomes the unlikely rival to Italy's Berlusconi Jason Horowitz 2011
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In terms of raw numbers, the only new broadcast success has been NBC's legal drama Harry's Law, though most of its viewers are beyond the 18-49-year-olds over whom networks and advertisers salivate.
Ed Martin: Spring Thaw 2011: Television Finally Comes to Life Ed Martin 2011
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However, now that I'm living in the frozen north, the thought of it is making me salivate.
Carne guisada, Tex-Mex stew | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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