DROOL

I. verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of drivel Date: 1802 intransitive verb 1. to secrete saliva in anticipation of food, drivel 1, to make an effusive show of pleasure or often envious or covetous appreciation, to talk nonsense, transitive verb to express sentimentally or effusively, II. noun Date: 1869 saliva trickling from the mouth, nonsense