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Meanings of salivate in English

Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something.

Usage of salivate in English
1
Reporters salivate over the weird and wonderful details of such international intrigue.
The Guardian
2
When 12 people salivate together, it sounds like the tide coming in.
The Irish Times
3
And apparently it isn't a production which makes TV executives salivate either.
The Irish Times
4
Unless you salivate to the flavour of metallic packaging on the egg.
News.com.au
5
The quick flash of terror in his father's face made him salivate.
The poison eaters: and other stories
6
And you don't have to do a thing except to salivate.
The Irish Times
7
Some may salivate over a steak bigger than the size of your plate.
News.com.au
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Though he'd fed earlier, the slash on his hand drove him to salivate.
Thief of lives
9
They don't salivate at the thought of a great steak.
The Guardian
10
The sight of the fleshy, delineated cap made her salivate.
Explosive
11
Do you salivate at the sight of paints and brushes?
Introvert power: why your inner life is your hidden strength
12
The salivary glands are used to salivate the body.
What Is Man? and Other Essays
13
The abilities to taste, swallow, salivate, and participate in activities and recreation were affected significantly.
Pubmed
14
So I perceived, and that made me all the more determined you should salivate him.
Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of th...
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Still the intriguing aromas were making him salivate actively.
A Confederacy of Dunces
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It's game over which many would salivate without the added spice provided by yesterday's verbal jousting.
The Irish Times
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