salivate
verb
sal·i·vate
ˈsa-lə-ˌvāt 
salivated; salivating
Examples of salivate in a Sentence
The smell alone was enough to make me salivate.
She was salivating at the prospect of traveling to Europe.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
But nothing gets Survivor nerds salivating more than individual immunity stats.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Celebrate the star getting older and finer every day by salivating looking over a bevy of images of him being effortlessly gorgeous.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 Sep. 2024
Purchasing champions and forging new ones seems perfectly suited to take advantage of the kind of microtransaction activity gaming companies salivate over.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Salivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salivate. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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salivate
verb
sal·i·vate
ˈsal-ə-ˌvāt
salivated; salivating
: to produce or secrete saliva especially in large amounts
Medical Definition
salivate
verb
sal·i·vate
ˈsal-ə-ˌvāt
salivated; salivating
: to produce an abnormal flow of saliva in (as by the use of mercury)
: to have a flow of saliva especially in excess
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