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verb

ˈsla-vər

Definition of slaver

as in to drool

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth a dog slavering over a bone

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noun

as in saliva

the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands slaver dripped from the snarling dog's jaws

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Your family gatherings remind me of a pack of slavering wolves surrounding their potential prey. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2025 Not backed up by the whole of law enforcement, mind you, because otherwise, there’d be no story, no slavering depictions of depravity, no waltz into the abyss and no righteous body count. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023

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The museum opened, in September, 2016, with artifacts from the ship showcased in a subterranean gallery evocative of a slaver’s hold. — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 In many different regions, groups seeking sanctuary from raids by slavers created new settlements during the 17th and 18th centuries. — Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slaver

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Isaacs said the symptoms of heat stress or heat stroke include excessive panting, drooling, vomiting, seizures or collapse.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 1 July 2026
This golden lasagna is the perfect way to offer a vegetarian option that meat-eaters will be drooling over.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026

Definition of drool

Verb

And then there were watermelon-eating and seed-spitting contests and old fashioned sack races.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
One significant problem, however, is that red dwarfs spit out harmful torrents of radiation in fierce gusts of their stellar winds, which can strip away a planet's atmosphere.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of spit

Verb

But that isn’t stopping Wall Street from salivating about what comes next.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
For a quick refresher, Pavlov found that if dogs were repeatedly given food while a bell rang, the dogs eventually began salivating at the mere sound of the bell because their brains associated the sound with food.

— Sharon Brandwein, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Definition of salivate

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