drool over

Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus

0.01 sec.

drool (all) over someone or something

1. . Lit. to drip saliva on someone or something. You're drooling all over my plate! The dog drooled all over my hand.

2. Fig. to envy or desire someone or something. (Alludes to drooling from hunger.) The boys stood there, drooling over the fancy sports car. Wally Wilson spent many hours drooling over photographs of Marilyn.

Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.

?Page tools

Printer friendly
Cite / link

Feedback

References in periodicals archive	?		Idioms browser	?		Full browser	?
That does not happen too often and nor do the Madrid-based newspapers drool over Barcelona. SPORTS BETTING: WEEKEND REVIEW: You're ace Ronaldinho by The Racing Post (London, England) But this book is really for those who love to identify Russian armoured personnel carriers by a list of letters, who drool over ballistics and see war as little more than a computer game. LIVING: BOOKS: BOOK ENDS: DALE BROWN Air Battle Force (HarperCollins, ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) It's written in a nice chatty style, very dip-in-and-outable and there are lots of photos so you can drool over your favourite fame fanatic. Books: Children's Choice by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			drive into a corner drive into the ground drive off drive on drive one out of mind drive out drive over drive round the bend drive round the twist Drive Safely drive through drive to despair drive to distraction drive to do drive to drink drive to the edge drive up drive up the wall driven driver driving drizzle down drone drone on drone out drool over drop drop a bomb drop a bombshell drop a bundle drop a clanger drop a hint drop a line drop a line and drop a few lines; drop a note drop across drop around drop away drop back drop behind drop below drop by the wayside drop dead Drop dead! drop down drop drawers drop everything drop from drop guard drop in Drop in sometime drop in the bucket			droning droning Dronish Dronish Dronkelewe dronkgras Dronkship Dronning Dorothea Garden Kolding Dronning Maud Land Dronning Maud Land Dronning Maud Land Dront Dront Dronte Dronten Drontheim Drontheim Drony droob droobs Drood, Edwin Droog Droogs drook drookit drool drool drool drool drool drool over drool-proof paper drooled drooled drooler drooling drooling drooling drools drools droop droop droop droop governor Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park droop nose droop stop drooped drooped drooped drooped ailerons Drooper droopier droopier droopiest droopiest droopily droopily droopily droopiness droopiness

Idioms and phrases

Free Tools:	For surfers: Free toolbar & extensions \| Word of the Day \| Help For webmasters: Free content \| Linking \| Lookup box \| Double-click lookup

Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.