drool over someone/something

drool (all) over (someone or something)

1. Literally, to release saliva from one's mouth onto someone or something. Can you please come in here and get your dog before he drools all over me? His toddler went around drooling all over the expensive electronics in my house. Because my mouth was numb from the Novocain, I didn't realize I was drooling all over myself.

2. To be very excited about or interested in something. My boyfriend has been drooling over those fancy speakers at the store. You need to stop drooling over every girl who comes into the bar. When the kids saw all the presents Santa had brought, they were practically drooling all over themselves.

See also: drool, over

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drool over someone/something

verb

See drool all over someone/something

See also: drool, over, someone, something

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