"drooly" meaning in English

See drooly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: droolier [comparative], drooliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːli Etymology: drool + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drool|y}} drool + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|droolier}} drooly (comparative droolier, superlative drooliest)
  1. (informal) Producing an excess of drool. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-drooly-en-adj-s3gTFY6K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 70 30
  2. (informal) Covered in drool. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-drooly-en-adj-tozoYbXl

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for drooly meaning in English (1.8kB)

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