Salivate Definition

sălə-vāt
salivated, salivates, salivating
verb
salivated, salivates, salivating
To secrete saliva.
Webster's New World
To produce an excessive flow of saliva in.
Webster's New World
To be full of desire or eagerness for something.
Salivated at the idea of winning the lottery.
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Origin of Salivate

  • From Latin salivatus, past participle of salivare (“to spit out, also salivate"), from saliva (“spittle").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin salīvāre salīvāt- from salīva saliva

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Salivate Sentence Examples

  • If you are like most sports bettors, the words college football parlay makes you salivate.

  • Once Crane sees the new video equipment he seems to salivate at the mouth with admiration.

  • As it was Cannes Film Festival week there were plenty of them to salivate over.

  • I feel like a salivating dog with nothing to salivate about.

  • The recording has been gathering serious momentum with present results causing a few people at Sugar Shack Records to salivate rather uncontrollably !

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SSASAL

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ETEATE

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