Found 2 items, similar to Salivating.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: salivate
salivate
v 1: produce saliva;
“We salivated when he described the great
meal”
2: be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about
something;
“She was salivating over the raise she
anticipated” [syn:
drool]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Salivating
Salivate
\Sal"i*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Salivated; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Salivating.] [L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to
salivate. See
Saliva.]
To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce
salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.
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v. i.
1. To produce saliva, esp. in excess.
2. To drool.
3. (Fig.) To anticipate keenly with pleasure, as though
salivating at the expectation of a delicious meal. Used
often with over.; as, salivate over the prospects of high
profits from an enterprise.
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Note: Probably influenced by the experiments of Pavlov, who
trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, by
previously ringing the bell immediately prior to
feeding them.
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