Associations to the word «Salivate»
Noun
Verb
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Wiktionary
SALIVATE, verb. (intransitive) To produce saliva.
SALIVATE, verb. (intransitive) To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something.
Dictionary definition
SALIVATE, verb. Produce saliva; "We salivated when he described the great meal".
SALIVATE, verb. Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.