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Definition: DROOLING |
DROOLINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Drool |
Date "DROOLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Crosswords: DROOLING |
| English words defined with "DROOLING": Slavering. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "DROOLING": DROOL. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Bob Rumson's gotta be drooling over this (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Demons now, drooling later (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) So in the name of security, sir, everyone who enters the room has to have his bottom fundled by this drooling pervert (Blackadder Goes Forth; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton) Yup. And you wouldn't like the drooling and twitching (The Agency; writing credit: Richard Fidler) You're drooling a little (Scary Movie; writing credit: Shawn Wayans; Marlon Wayans) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Poor control of the muscles of the throat, mouth and tongue sometimes leads to drooling. (references) | |
In newborns, the first symptom is an inability to suck. Excessive drooling and strabismus (crossed eyes) may occur. (references) | ||
Although numerous treatments for drooling have been tested over the years, there is no one treatment that always helps. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DROOLING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 88.10% of the time. "DROOLING" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 88.1% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.76% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.76% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "DROOLING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | geifernd (slavering, slobbering). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyáladzó (driveling, drivelling). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oolingdray.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"DROOLING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deroling, Dreiklang, Dreilini, Drolling, Dromoland, drooklin, droolen, droolings, droolling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DROOLING" (pronounced druw"ling) |
| 5 | -r uw" l i ng | nonruling, ruling. |
| 4 | -uw" l i ng | cooling, dueling, fooling, fueling, fuelling, pooling, retooling, schooling, tooling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, duckling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-i-l-n-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: lording. | |
-2 letters: doling, drongo, indoor, logion, looing. | |
-3 letters: dingo, doing, dolor, donor, drool, giron, grind, groin, igloo, indol, lingo, logoi, rondo. | |
-4 letters: ding, diol, dirl, dong, door, gild, gird, girl, girn, giro, gold, good, goon, grid, grin, idol, inro, iron, lido, ling, lino, lion, logo, loin, long, loon, lord, lorn, nodi, noil, noir, nolo. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-g-i-l-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: gondolier. | |
+2 letters: broodingly, decoloring, droopingly, gondoliers, reflooding. | |
+3 letters: decolouring, dendrologic, discoloring, overholding, overloading, overlording, roadholding. | |
+4 letters: decolorizing, dendrologies, dendrologist, forebodingly, overclouding, roadblocking, roadholdings, undercooling. | |
+5 letters: bloodcurdling, childproofing, decontrolling, dendrological, dendrologists, endocrinology, monoglyceride, waterflooding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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