as in drooling
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
the neighbors invited us over just so we could enthuse over their new car
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Symptoms may begin within minutes, which include heavy drooling—especially in cats—and redness on the skin and in or around the mouth.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025 -
On day eight of his partial paralysis, Nini finally stopped drooling and could now walk gingerly.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Thrill seekers love Dollywood’s soaring roller coasters (and its iconic cinnamon bread worth raving about), while the area's plethora of dinner shows, zip lines soaring over the Smokies, and even its full-scale Titanic replica draw families year after year.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Sep. 2025
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Multi-Styler, which our editors reviewed in its earlier form and couldn’t stop raving about.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Hun Manet’s gushing reception of Anutin given the nadir bilateral relations had just reached has raised a lot of eyebrows—not least given his father’s leaking of a phone call with Anutin’s predecessor was instrumental to her dismissal.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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While other massive stars in the region may not yet be gushing quite so violently, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile found another dense stellar core that could be in an earlier stage of construction, according to the researchers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Enthusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthusing. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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